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Apr 1st, 2005, 01:50 AM
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Will Kim Win the Elusive "March Double"???
This would be quite an accomplishment. To win two of the biggest tournaments outside the slams in your first tournaments back is impressive. Kim seems to be mentally tougher since her absence/split from Hewitt. Go Kim!!! 
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Apr 1st, 2005, 01:54 AM
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That would be amazing! Has anyone in the recent past won these 2 tournaments?
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Apr 1st, 2005, 01:57 AM
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That would be amazing! Has anyone in the recent past won these 2 tournaments?
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back to back ...
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Apr 1st, 2005, 01:58 AM
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...yes!?
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Apr 1st, 2005, 02:01 AM
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not sure but i think Davenport won both in '00 - that would be the only time in recent memory.
on the men's side, Agassi did it in '01 and Rios did it in '98.
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Apr 1st, 2005, 02:03 AM
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what would her ranking be if she did?
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Apr 1st, 2005, 02:04 AM
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she would be #14  |
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Apr 1st, 2005, 02:04 AM
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not sure but i think Davenport won both in '00 - that would be the only time in recent memory.
on the men's side, Agassi did it in '01 and Rios did it in '98.
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Davenport lost to Hingis in the Miami final that year. Steffi Graf was the last I think, maybe in 95 or 96?
Kim's ranking will be #17 if she beats Maria.
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Apr 1st, 2005, 02:04 AM
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Hmm, the "match of the day" says 17. Anyway, great improvement! 
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Apr 1st, 2005, 02:15 AM
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Serena was the closest recently in 1999...Serena won Indian Wells and then lost in the final to Venus...
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Apr 1st, 2005, 02:20 AM
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It would be incredibly impressive, no doubt : these are two tough, grueling (weather), long hardcourt events back to back.
I'm not going to tempt fate by saying she will win Miami, but suffice to say she has a much better comeback than I think anybody expected. I expect Sharapova to shriek her way to some serious competition in the final.
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Apr 1st, 2005, 02:34 AM
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Hingis almost did it in 2000 , except she lost to lindsay in the finals of Indian Wells
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Apr 1st, 2005, 02:40 AM
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Davenport lost to Hingis in the Miami final that year. Steffi Graf was the last I think, maybe in 95 or 96?
Kim's ranking will be #17 if she beats Maria.
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the great Steffi Graf did it twice in 1994 and 1996.. winning the titles back to back.. that's pretty impressive i must admit.. altho i no Graf's fan..
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Apr 1st, 2005, 02:52 AM
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Beware the Ides of March!!!
In April!!!
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Apr 1st, 2005, 02:58 AM
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This would be quite an accomplishment. To win two of the biggest tournaments outside the slams in your first tournaments back is impressive. Kim seems to be mentally tougher since her absence/split from Hewitt. Go Kim!!!
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Obviously it would be a huge accompolishment for Kim to take both of the "mini Slams". But, I bet you she'd trade in all of her Tier 1 titles combined, for a Grand Slam title. 
So in the short-term, if she does pull this off, it'll definitely be something for her to be proud of. But, in the long run, I still don't see this helping her at all with her failure to win a Grand Slam. She's proven she can win Tier 1s in the past, so really this is all moot if she doesn't ever win a Slam. 
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Will Kim Win the Elusive "March Double"???
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