[slamchamp]

Originally Posted by cyannnnn

she says nothing when amelie, henin(1st) and kim(1st) retired
why now for dementieva???

are y sure she didnt say something for justine? They respect each other a lot

[cyannnnn]

Originally Posted by slamchamp

are y sure she didnt say something for justine? They respect each other a lot

when she come back yes (because she is surprised that she retired and then come back) but i don't remember she says something when justine retired

[Marilyn Monheaux]

When Justine retired, Maria said she'd do the same if she was 25 and had that many major titles.

[cyannnnn]

Originally Posted by VirginMary

When Justine retired, Maria said she'd do the same if she was 25 and had that many major titles.

ok but she says nothing like she will miss her, she was a good player,...
she just says what she will do when she will be 25

[trimtrab]

Originally Posted by cyannnnn

ok but she says nothing like she will miss her, she was a good player,...
she just says what she will do when she will be 25

Q. Secondly, try and put yourself in Justine Henin's shoes and tell us why you might not like tennis and decide to retire from tennis.
MARIA SHARAPOVA: I don't think she's retiring from tennis because she doesn't like tennis. She's 25 years old and has achieved so much in her career and has had incredible success on the court.
If I'm 25 and I won I don't know how many Grand Slams she's won, seven or something, I'd call it quits as well.
You know, I wouldn't be disappointed leaving the sport, because obviously there's a lot more to life than tennis. She's had a very long career, and you never know, maybe one day she'll be back.
She's done incredible things for the sport. She's shown that without being the strongest or the tallest girl on the tour she's been able to win so many matches in so many tournaments and Grand Slams. She's an inspiration to many young girls coming up.
Like I said, there are so many things in life, and I'm sure she wants to explore them as well. I definitely don't blame her for retiring.


Q. So that means you understand very well what Justine has done and you could do it also?
MARIA SHARAPOVA: Absolutely, yeah. I think -- like I said, I just, I mean, you're 25 years old, and tennis starts at a very young age. You're basically committing every day of your life to tennis.
No matter what days you have off or how long you have off, you're always thinking but consequences to what you're doing and how that's going to affect your training and performance.
It's tough to be able to do what we do day in and day out. There's only a certain amount of time. Everybody is different and everybody can withstand it as much as they can.
But I totally understand where she's coming from. Like I said, I don't think she has anything to regret. She's had a great career. If I were in her shoes, I would probably do the same thing.

that's what she said of Henin's retirement.

[Marilyn Monheaux]

I see cyannnnn's point. It's not like she made a statement on her own. Neither back then, nor now, whereas several others have taken to twitter or facebook to say something about Elena and her decision to retire from tennis.

[gc-spurs]

Mash never really says much about other players. The media will ask and she’ll give her whole ‘shes a great player and very good for the sport’ answer (which BTW is generic for retirements and comebacks ), but likely won’t go to her FB or anything to do so.

(A Maria/friends joke would work here... but I don't wanna be a Drama Llama)

[Vartan]

Martha is a shank with no friends.

[Sha_ra_po_va]

anyone know why maria's website has been down for days?

[Vartan]

Originally Posted by Maria Sharapova

I wanted to let you know we’re in the process of re-developing my website www.mariasharapova.com. It will be offline for a while in case you go looking for it. You guys will be the first to know when we’re ready to go live with the new one. You’re going to like this new version.

[Jacey]

Originally Posted by gc-spurs

Mash never really says much about other players. The media will ask and she’ll give her whole ‘shes a great player and very good for the sport’ answer (which BTW is generic for retirements and comebacks ), but likely won’t go to her FB or anything to do so.

(A Maria/friends joke would work here... but I don't wanna be a Drama Llama)

True, its pretty much the norm which is fine. By the way I think she did say something during the AO about Kim retiring...that was after the match when Masha beat her and they did an interview with Kim 1st so yes Masha had to say something after that....its sort of being put on the spot. I hate that shit, if Im gonna say something I'll say it, I don't want to be asked..in this case though I love Kim so it was all good.





I know, wrong place to put a pic but

[gc-spurs]

^i love that pic

http://integrated.imgecommerce.com/a...s=111201010237

if anyone wants to bid on YEC 2007 autographed

[Rerun]

ok, very interesting BUT

any news from her possibly hiring up someone who could help her training during this off season?

[cyannnnn]

just realize that every 2 years something great happens to maria.

2004: won wimbledon
2006: won US open
2008: won AO
2010: engaged
2012: ...(Roland Garros? olympic medal? baby?...)

[Marilyn Monheaux]

^^Does that mean 2011 is gonna be a bust?