[bandabou]

Originally Posted by doomsday

Absolutely not are you serious ? When we're referring to Maria's peak it's between 04 and 08 and whether you believe it or not she was really playing well in many tournaments reaching the QF at least at any tournament especially in 05/06.
The events that you're mentioning are events where Maria reached her ultimate peak though and you forgot many more like YEC 2006 for example.

I think maybe because even at her peak there was somebody else better than her most of the time, that's why I tend to link it to the tournaments she DID end up being the best.

Originally Posted by doomsday

Again wrong. She really had amazing streaks back in 2006 and 2008.

see above.

[bandabou]

Originally Posted by Vincey!

They played ONE time on grass, only one time! It's ridiculous to pretend Kvitova would automatically beat Maria again if they were to play on grass again solely based on ONE single match where Petra was playing really well and Sharapova was looking for her confidence. I'd always pick Federer over Nadal on every surfaces except Clay even if Rafa is leading on their H2H. That match up on other surface than Clay is on Federer's racquet not on Nadal's. Same thing goes for Maria agaisnt Petra.

every match against Petra is on MARIA'S racquet?!

Originally Posted by Vincey!

LOL you know nothing about Sharapova's career. She peaked at much more tournaments than those. I personally don't even consider her performance during the Wimbledon 2004 her peak. Anyway that being said, Sharapova has at least proved that she can reproduce her "peak" form a few times during her career so far. Kvitova "peaked" during only 2 tournaments within the same 6 months. We have no idea if Petra will ever reach that level again, at least Sharapova has proven being able to get back to a level close to her best. Which to me gives Sharapova a clear edge over Kvitova. She's one of the player who has the best H2H against her as well with Serena.

In that regard you're right. The onus is on Petra now to prove that she wasn't a flash in the pan.

[FakeMashabator]

Originally Posted by bandabou

see above.

see below

Originally Posted by bandabou

And you're right..the thread is about Serena, so what are the Mashatards doing here?!

so what exactly are you willyTard doing here?

[bandabou]

Originally Posted by sickfalsetto

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so what exactly are you willyTard doing here?

Discussin..I didn't derail the thread by talking about people who didn't belong it, no?!

[Monzanator]

Originally Posted by Jimmie48

I can honestly say that I have never watched a full set let alone a match that did involve Sharapova but none of my faves. I didn't watch her RG final, I didn't even watch her finals against Serena this year because I simply don't give a shit.

And believe me, I would love to ignore her but it's pretty much impossible because her obnoxious stans are everywhere, crowding up the topics that deal with my favorite players (the Vika/Bubka thread is a good example).

I recommend reading Don Kichot for some eye-opening. Sharapova's obnoxious stans will always crawl from every junkhole you can possibly imagine. You're fighting a war that you can't win unfortunately Some people have realized that before though and ceased their involvement in Sharapova bashing threads. Either you have a thick skin or I feel sorry for you. And the best part is, Azarenka's real-life scores against Sharapova won't change this stance one bit, just see how many pages each Serena va Maria threads get despite the 8 year streak

Originally Posted by bandabou

So how r u gonna label a 21 player who's just starting her career as a fluke when she already has as many titles at the venue as a player who's 25 years old and has been around longer?

And the Serena comparison at RG..well, since Serena won the other three majors at least FOUR times each ( only Graf, Court, Wills Moody have done this), soo..

Sharapova's entire career has been one gigantic fluke, what else is there to discuss? I thought we've established this long before WTA even heard of Kvitova

[blistering]

Maria has been getting better every single year since she's come back. I expect her to keep the momentum going. Serena will be hell to her til the very last day of their professional careers, but it is pretty obvious that nothing has pumped her up more than having a true rival like she has in Azarenka. It's great for her motivation, as well as for women's tennis in general.

Petra will eventually beat Maria again and she'll never be a walk in the park, but Maria enjoys playing against her, had a clear mental hold throughout 2012 and will keep it as such. I think both of them are very much aware of how crucial that AO semi was, not only in their future encounters but for their entire seasons as Kvitova would've definitely won the AO and become #1 had she beaten Maria.

[doomsday]

Originally Posted by bandabou

Discussin..I didn't derail the thread by talking about people who didn't belong it, no?!

I agree, discussing a lil too much for a non fave fan but no sign of derailing.
Go play your cop elsewhere sickfalsetto

[TheLegendof]

Originally Posted by sickfalsetto

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so what exactly are you willyTard doing here?

So clever

Bandabou has been talking about Maria and other players only in relation to her. If you only want mashatards commenting on your crappy threads, get thee to your forum and do us all a favor.

[Dominic]

I agree, in a way, bandadou's opinion is ridiculously biased but he's not being a troll IMO