[Melange]

[elba]

Originally Posted by H0barthel.

My mum saw her yesterday too and she said Mona is so ugly I didn't continue conversation with her.


#28.

What nonsense, Mona is a personification of positive femininity.

[PetraReeMona]

Originally Posted by Melange

and you

[joy division]

I think we urgently need a chat thread on Mona`s forum.

[Setsuna.]

Originally Posted by PetraReeMona

I very much like the sound of your mum. She sounds lovely ... just like you

Thanks.

[heavyhorse]

Originally Posted by Melange

My mother called Schiavone a man. She talks about Nadal and Djokovic a lot for their mannerisms. Apparently Djokovic spreads his legs too much to hit the ball.

I cringe when Djokovic does the splits to reach the ball. That's gonna riddle him with injuries in the future.

[heavyhorse]

Originally Posted by joy division

I think we urgently need a chat thread on Mona`s forum.

I agree.

[lola-b.]

Originally Posted by joy division

On her coach Jacek Szygowski -
I was quite astonished when I heard him talking because despite his Polish name he sounded like a native German speaker. There is absolutely no accent. When I was looking for him on google I found this :

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/P...Szygowski.aspx

So he is a coach of the Orlik tennis school (http://www.rota.pro/) and a former German tennis player.
I think he fits very well with his calm attitude to Mona. Then I was watching again their talk in the match against Mladenovic on tennisTVcom.
He reminded me a little bit of Angie`s coach, Torben Beltz. Talking a lot and very fast, a mixture of some technical advices and encouragement.

It was obvious that they are not yet very close to each other.
After some time he asked her whether she is feeling fine because he seemed not get a feetback from Mona towards his advices. In the end Mona was smiling shy but bright when Szygowski was praising the way she had been playing so far.

Looking at the informations that we have it seems to be a teamwork on approval. Her mum is still around her and she still needs her on the tournaments.
So this is not meant to be a complete new order in her surroundings but a useful addition.
For now it has worked perfectly, so they seem to have done the right thing.

Could someone tell my how and when they found together? Somewhere else I read it was just a coincidence - now we can say a lucky one . I think he helped her to win this. I think it was good for her to get professional tipps from a coach and no "enjoy the moment"-phrases from her mother.

Has anyone a clip of him coaching her during the matches?

[Schnffy]

Originally Posted by Patrick345

Lisicki´s mother was also around in Pattaya City. They just need to stick to the morale support. Just leave all the tennis based decisions and coaching to a real coach.

nah, mona's mum is something like her manager, she will coach her again in doha/dubai...i'm not sure wheter szygowski will coach her just from time to time at certain tournamants, or if he will become her permanent coach

[tennisfreak13]

New report on her homepage. 8:00 dentist appointment .....

[crazillo]

You should not forget that Mona thanked her mum first in her victory speech in Paris. She is the one who brought her very far and while it's good to see that she is stepping down now, she will always be very important.

[Setsuna.]

Should we create threads for the new tournaments she will play in or It's better to keep all the discussions and the talk about her in this thread?

[Mary Chain]

Originally Posted by Hisagi.

Should we create threads for the new tournaments she will play in or It's better to keep all the discussions and the talk about her in this thread?

I like it this way (but maybe other don't)

[matthias]

Originally Posted by tennisfreak13

New report on her homepage. 8:00 dentist appointment .....

Jetzt wissen wir endlich den Grund für die fedcup Absage


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[mk27]

Doha

Mona Barthel (GER) vs. Q

possible 2nd round opponent is Kerber