[JamieOwen3]

^^^ I hear you. Jesus.

[Asherahpova]

to everyone who endured Ferrer match, luckily ATP was enough to send me to sleep up until 10 mins ago.
I still would though.

[Trih]

good morning everyone who just woke up

[lefty24]

Originally Posted by gc-spurs

Haha I just remembered something funny. I was at Maria's practice court yesterday and there was this woman there who would groan in pain everytime Maria would miss a shot, or groan out "Noooo!". You know how we get stressed out during matches? She was in that state during practice, it was absolutely hilarious. My friend joked that that would be me in 30 years

How old was she? I've met so many older woman at the US Open who are crazy Maria fans. They're hillarious though.

But I gave one some sugarpova gum and she threw it out in a second saying it was disgusting.

[Asherahpova]

IDK guys, I thought large parts of that were atrocious.

[claypova]

A win is a win. But improve please

Cute interview (the crowd actually laughed at her jokes!)

[Trih]

Come on guys, we're talking about 61 60. I know she wasn't perfect, but still.
Just think about how Vika already fucked up so much in her matches I say everything is going ok, of course cutting down some DFs and putting in more 1st serves is needed from now on, but she's practically the one who had the best results so far. :P

[AnnieIWillKnow]

If she plays atrocious and only loses one game, then I'm cool with that... can't be on fire every match.

[Craig.]

Originally Posted by Asherahpova

IDK guys, I thought large parts of that were atrocious.

Huge improvement after the first set though. That's encouraging.

[Steven.]

she did well as the macth went on tbh, ended with a winner-ue ratio of 25-20 (5 of those UEs being DFs)

usually I HATE Sam Smith but I really appreciate her avoiding the grunt debate today. She said grunting doesn't bother her at all.

Masha breaks the record of least amount dropped on the path to the QF of AO. Makarova will be tough but, probably tougher than last year. She sounded genuinely heaps confident and eager to take on Masha.

[Trih]

Originally Posted by Craig.

Huge improvement after the first set though. That's encouraging.

^

[Fiercepova]

Second set is better from Maria. She needs to get her first serves in and cut down the DFs. But this scoreline is still so yummy

And LOL at Maria for writing 'Sugarpova' on the camera I remember last match she also wrote 'Sugarpova'

[Trih]

The results thread and I'm not talking about hate or trolling, it's just genuinely hilarious

[atominside]

That 1st serve percentage..

[Mexicola]

She finished with 25 winners to 19 UFEs, including 11 winners to 2 errors in the second. So seeing her improve as the match went along was encouraging, as opposed to seeing a total crapfest. The only issue was her serve, which has been poor for two straight matches. And it's a worry, no doubt. We've been down this road so many times the past few years, wondering and dreading if that serve would turn into a liability against the best opponents. And it did many times in 2011 and 2012.

I just don't want to see that kind of struggle yet again to start 2013.