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May 15th, 2012, 02:48 PM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
first match on real clay - good effort. mchale was getting back everything!!!
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May 15th, 2012, 02:58 PM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
Congrats for the win today Maria 
But please play better in the next rounds 
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May 15th, 2012, 03:21 PM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
It was good enough for the win, that's what's important.
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May 15th, 2012, 04:03 PM
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#154
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
I've been asleep since last Thursday evening........did I miss much?
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If Azarenka wins the AO, I will finally concede defeat and refer to Azarenka only as "Princessrenka" or "Heiressrenka" until the end of March.
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Other commentator: "So is Radwanska the Andy Murray then?"
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May 15th, 2012, 05:05 PM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
Maria was so bad  Thank God she won this mess of a match 
This McFail is really annoying, moving extremely well, getting everything back.
Clay outdoors is really hard work for Maria. Her footwork/movement was horrible 
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May 15th, 2012, 05:23 PM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
A win is a win indeed.
Maria was bad obviously but McHale was also very good, getting everything back and going for winners too.
It's R2, she could have had an easier opponent and she'd have won in easy sets most likely.
Having said that, I think she really needs to improve for her next match. Ana (probably) can be more difficult.
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May 15th, 2012, 06:23 PM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
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May 15th, 2012, 09:16 PM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
Happy that she got the job done in 2.
But she started off much better last year.  Hopefully she improves now on.
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May 15th, 2012, 09:57 PM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
No surprise at all that this was a toughie... Christina is legit and is our next big hope here in the women's game. I fully expect her to be in the top 10 within the next two years.
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May 15th, 2012, 11:33 PM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
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Happy that she got the job done in 2.
But she started off much better last year. Hopefully she improves now on. |
Maria wasn't happy when she closed the match, back to hard training on off day tomorrow.
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May 16th, 2012, 01:35 AM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
A little tweet about maria's feat in the opening rounds
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Chris Skelton @sharapovanovic
Sharapova wins her 20th consecutive opener at a single-elimination tournament (longest streak in WTA)
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May 16th, 2012, 05:16 AM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
I don't want Maria to win Rome. The Rome curse 
(Winner of Rome never won RG)
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May 16th, 2012, 06:23 AM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
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I don't want Maria to win Rome. The Rome curse
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Before this year winner of Sydney also never won AO in the same year.  There is never a "curse". It's the form and game that matter. Vika's performance in Sydney and AO is a good example.
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May 16th, 2012, 06:57 AM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
well I know for a fact that in 1987 Steffi Graf won Rome, then RG a few weeks later, so...no curse!
(Interestingly, 25 years ago.....significant?)
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May 16th, 2012, 07:23 AM
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Re: Claypova in Rome: Veni, vidi, vici. The Sequel ...
patterns and curses became irrelevant after Masha lost the 2010 French Open  |
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