[Break My Rapture]

Originally Posted by soshified

losing a match in straight sets against a quality player in sydney is way better than losing a match in straight sets against a mug player

Exactly. Match play against quality opposition will do so much more for her than dragging down her own level and scraping past/losing to scrubs (like in Auckland last year). Martha's willpower alone is still good enough to drag her through matches against most top 30 players in Sydney anyway.

[doomsday]

Originally Posted by soshified

losing a match in straight sets against a quality player in sydney is way better than winning a match in straight sets against a mug player

fixed it for you.

[Sharapovian]

TennisReporters
Sharapova update: Maria will decide after her morning practice whether to play Hobart.

Is she going to play or not?

[Break My Rapture]

The emoticon above showcases my reaction to that perfectly.

[Светльо]

Gosh, this girl will kill me. What a suspense about playing a fucking MM!

[18majors]

Originally Posted by Светльо

Gosh, this girl will kill me. What a suspense about playing a fucking MM!

It will be a good sign if she decides to play Hobart.

[gociku]

don't have high hope that she'll play Hobart.
Prepare yourselves for another first round exit in Melbourne

[Fighterpova]

Originally Posted by gociku

don't have high hope that she'll play Hobart.
Prepare yourselves for another first round exit in Melbourne

Yeah, I'm not expecting much

At least if she's healthy she could rack up some points at the AO 2013

[cyannnnn]

Originally Posted by Yazoo.C

TennisReporters
Sharapova update: Maria will decide after her morning practice whether to play Hobart.

Is she going to play or not?

she will not play (for me) it's a olympic year,i don't think she will risk to injury herself

[claypova]

Will Maria pleeeeeeease just decide

Originally Posted by doomsday

fixed it for you.

maria put a great performance in the QF of Auckland last year

[Break My Rapture]

If she decides after her morning practice (it's about 9:30 AM in Melbz if I'm not mistaken), we should be hearing about her soon.

[claypova]

any news yet?

[lefty24]

Originally Posted by soshified

any news yet?

nope. But I'm checking twitter every couple of minutes. Hopefully we'll find out soon.

[lefty24]

She's not playing Hobart. Ankles not feeling good enough.
This is not good news.
I was trying to be optimistic but the ankle is a lot more serious than I thought.

Edit: TennisReporters
Maria Sharapova WILL NOT take a wild card into Hobart. Apparently her ankle does not feel good enough yet

[pedropt]