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Oct 22nd, 2012, 04:15 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
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Nah I think Kvitova's the key match up, simply because Maria could play well and still lose to her.
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Truth. That's always my worry.
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 04:29 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
. E qui il coach di Petra scuote la testa. Per la serie “datemi tutte le altre ma Maria no!”
google translate 
And here Petra coach shakes his head. For the "give me all the others, but Maria no! 
interested article here
http://www.oktennis.it/wordpress/pri...tacchi-sporchi
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 04:47 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Stadium (from 17.00hrs)
1. Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Petra Kvitova
2. Serena Williams vs. Angelique Kerber
3. Maria Sharapova vs. Sara Errani
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 04:53 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
Isn't it pretty much a given that Maria would play Serena in the semis? These tournaments are always set up to have #1 play #2 in the final. Since Vika and Maria are the top two, Maria can't play her in the semis. And that only leaves Serena.
So, basically, this would be the greatest accomplishment and title in Maria's career, by far, because she'd have to defeat Serena and Vika back to back. Assuming things unfold the way I think they will.
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 04:55 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
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Na has a great shot if she brings her brain, although that's a very big if these days. If she's Serena's first opponent I can see her winning, she has a good record against Kerber and there's no reason why she can't beat Vika. Serena will want to dish revenge on Kerber so she probably won't lose that and it's not as if she'll lose to Vika.
You have to favour Vika/Serena making it but Serena/Li is a real possibility. If Serena's very sloppy then it could also be Vika/Li.
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Strange as it may sound, I think that Serena is the big questionmark of the tournament. If she's at her best she's obviously the big favorite, but she hasn't played since the USO and could be a bit rusty. Plus, is her mind fully on the job and has she prepared or is she saving herself for next year? Azarenka rarely plays below a certain level and I'd be very surprised if she doesn't qualify for the semis.
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 05:01 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Stadium (from 17.00hrs)
1. Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Petra Kvitova
2. Serena Williams vs. Angelique Kerber
3. Maria Sharapova vs. Sara Errani
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Ideal for Maria I think. With a win under her belt (knock wood) there will be less pressure on her in the second match.
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 05:05 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 05:07 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
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Ideal for Maria I think. With a win under her belt (knock wood) there will be less pressure on her in the second match.
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Hey you. 
And yes a win over Errani will be good for Masha. Clay is Sara's best surface and if the surface in Instanbul is as fast as it was like last year then that's an advantage to Maria.
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 05:11 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
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Strange as it may sound, I think that Serena is the big questionmark of the tournament. If she's at her best she's obviously the big favorite, but she hasn't played since the USO and could be a bit rusty. Plus, is her mind fully on the job and has she prepared or is she saving herself for next year? Azarenka rarely plays below a certain level and I'd be very surprised if she doesn't qualify for the semis.
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I'm expecting a motivated Serena, willing to finish the year with another big tournament under her belt, but I could be wrong.
As for Vika. I think that her average level of tennis is probably the best in the top 10. She doesn't necesserily needs to play THAT well to beat some top players, so it would take and inspired Na and Serena to beat her. Kerber has no chance. But I'm not sure it'll happen!
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 05:17 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
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As a Vika fan, that girl can produce some serious fuckery sometimes, but she does tend to pull through matches regardless of how badly she's playing.
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Ture! I still remember her match against Brianti at RG!  But she's way more consistent than everybody else in the top when it comes to play well one week after the other (at least this year).
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 05:24 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
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EXCEPT for the fact she has a poor serve, and she really needs to work on it. It's already cost her a USO title.
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Tell that to Maria She's the only one who can't return that serve!  It looks as if she's playing Serena
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 05:25 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
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Ideal for Maria I think. With a win under her belt (knock wood) there will be less pressure on her in the second match.
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True!
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As a Vika fan, that girl can produce some serious fuckery sometimes, but she does tend to pull through matches regardless of how badly she's playing.
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But as much as she can produce serious fuckery, the only one I think that can beat her if she fucks up is Serena... right now it seems she can beat everyone else even with fuckery.
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 05:30 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
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Originally Posted by Mexicola
Isn't it pretty much a given that Maria would play Serena in the semis? These tournaments are always set up to have #1 play #2 in the final. Since Vika and Maria are the top two, Maria can't play her in the semis. And that only leaves Serena.
So, basically, this would be the greatest accomplishment and title in Maria's career, by far, because she'd have to defeat Serena and Vika back to back. Assuming things unfold the way I think they will.
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No. Rankings only count in the draw forthe round Robbin stage of the YEC. The semi finals are decided by results of each group - the winner of one group plays the runner up of the other in the SF.
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 05:38 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
^ I feel red group winner: rena will play white group winner: masha in the SF
but then again Vika or Petra could win their respective groups
in that scenario it'd be Vika vs Masha Petra vs Rena
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Oct 22nd, 2012, 05:47 PM
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Re: YEC 2012 iSTANBUL Mission: Beat Vika/Rena, humiliate Haga and win the title.
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I wouldn't mind a Maria v Serena SF. I mean, that H2H is already pretty much ruined, so it's better she lose to Serena than Vika IMO. Of course, if she's going to win a match against Serena, she DOES have to play her. So I'm all for it!
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So true! Losing to Serena is like losing to one of the GOATS! So no shame in that, even though I'd love to see Maria win a couple more games! Serena is gifting sets away to Vika and Radwanska.. why can't she give one to Maria too?
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