Kvitova looks like she's turning into Ana after she won RG, except at least Ana had an injury as an excuse. Petra's injury is just being an unfit/lacking interest loser
so you don't want to see Masha in Fed Cup Final, right?
as for Rafa, he wasn't fit , it looks like he is not physically ready for this season, ...All this physical preparation for the season should have been done in the off season , but i guess he couldn't train enough that time . But he will be ok at RG, where more time for rest is given
In the Fed Cup live scores it says the doubles match will be Vesnina/Makarova-Cibulkova/Hantuchova. So Rybarikova and Cepelova won't get to play at all :lol:
I really don't think that's the case. Novak played great defense and offense and didn't commit many UEs. It was borderline 2011 level. When Novak broke it was because he played great return games. When Novak is playing like that no player has a chance against him. Put Nadal's wimpy backhand and iffy first serve percentage in this match on top of that, and you have a definite losing recipe. Nadal hasn't looked great all tournament. Dimi and Tsonga had chances to beat him. Novak would have had to choke like those two in order to lose this match.
I don't think it's ever been a mental thing, even during Nadal's losing streak. When Novak plays his game he beats Nadal. It's different than Shar and Serena match-ups, because Sharapova has just wasted so many opportunities and gets scared out of her game when Serena shows a bit of resistance.
Words can't describe how happy I am for Novak! I wasn't expecting it and he played amazingly. That first set was stunning! This will give him confidence for the rest of the clay season! Win in Rome please!
Great comeback from Russia! Wow! Hantuchova was so close in that third set!
I want Sara to beat Petra, so that she can have her first top ten win if the year! I like both girls though.
omg Russian won.
It's a mazing that Russian has won from 0-2 down.
Today so many cameback from Russian team, Makarova was a break down in 3rd set
Hopefully Maria will play in Final
The final will be played after the Tournament of Champions spit in Sofia. So if Maria plays the YEC, she will have about 10 days to rest before the FC final.