[JamieOwen3]

I actually thought and found perspective on it last night. At 24-25 People had written off Venus completely then Wimbledon came and.... at 24-25 Serena was in the worst shape of her career 2005-2006 but we all know how that changed around. People might say don't compare her to those two but seeing as they are my 3 favourites I am damn it Still believe she has a slam win in her!!!!

[Trih]

Guys, I don't really think the greatest players (or even only "good" ones) are remembered for a stupid stat like W/L ratio in finals. They're just remembered for their achievements and titles.
The W/L % is just a matter of form, the important thing is for her to be ok from now on. I already said how 1 title from Aga is worth more than 3 finals, if the year would finish now she would be the 3rd player, but the year is far from over.
Think about yourselves last year and if someone told you she would have made 3 finals and be solid at #2 in the rankings, wouldn't you have been happy?
We had DFPova and UEPova, then we had SemiPova, now we have FinalPova and we don't have so much DFPova like last year. Things are getting better, slowly but better.

[Tennisvampire]

Well, after a good night sleep, I partially got over the fact that she lost a final to Aga
Now I'm ready and optimistic for the clay season.

C'mon claypova, give us a chance to call you titlepova And take that freakin' RG already, will you?

[FakeMashabator]

Originally Posted by WTAtennisfan15

We have became so greedy! I remember, when I joined TF, Maria lost in the first round of 2010 edition of the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, that was the lowest point of Maria's post-surgery career. Everybody desperately wanted Maria to reach a fucking QF! She kept losing in the early rounds, but at least we were positive back then and we didn't deride Maria every time she lost a match.

Originally Posted by Steven.

The puzzle pieces have all been found, and now it's just a matter of fitting them all in perfectly.

the only remaining thing left for her to do is improve her mentality against the best players in the world. She has the game to be the greatest player of this generation. She needs to believe it, like she once did in herself.

Originally Posted by doomsday

I just don't get Maria's reaction these days. When she wins her SF it's like she already won the title, raising her hands like that, she seems so happy to be in the final that she is just doing shit when she is playing them this is painful to see, really.

Originally Posted by Cherry.

The early losses can still be attritubed to her inconsistent serves etc but now she really has a mental problem to figure out. And it's actually not about the fact that she lost them. It's about the way she lost them. She's just so tight and her whole game just doesn't show up at all, which is sad really.

Originally Posted by JamieOwen3

She just must be happy and overly grateful to make a big final after a SF win or something..... Maria you're someone who people expects to make it there! remember that you amazing son a bitch of a champion! I still love you that will NEVER change.

i just wanna hug each and every one of you chin up

btw, those bold parts are spot-on. i hope/believe she will be able to believe in her game once again and everything will just 'click'. then way to go 'slampova'

[rucolo]

Another big final, another loss

[MM_1257]

And I wasn't so disappointed yesterday as I am today. Feeling just like after Wimbledon.

[Craig.]

I have so much to do for school that I haven't even had the time to mourn her loss I prefer it that way, tbh.

[masha122]

i think masha will bounce back and win big titles again ; and i believe she still have at least a couple of slam left for her ; everyone wrote off roger in 2009 and none would have believed he will win the FO and regain that damn 1st spot ; so i'll believe in her till the end !!!!! anyway we had mugs like schiavone ; stosur and li na with a slam so why not maria ; lets be positive this loss isn't the end of the world ; but for sure next time aga will be in the other side of the court masha will gain rape her 7 time in a row

[gc-spurs]

Well I rage quit tennis yesterday and just gave myself a 36-hr tennis blackout period. In that time the Spurs won, I rage bought a new laptop and got a job... but Maria still sucks at finals

[vozas]

Hey guys, I refrained from commenting on the final during the weekend. I'm already over it. Actually, I was over it 10 minutes after the match ended.

Anyone thinking Radwanska had anything to do with the way this match played out is delusional. So at least I can say it does comfort me that she wasn't outplayed, at all (a la matchup with Azarenka ). Can't say I'm not extremely disappointed though; she was disastrous in the final.

But anyway, chin up, let the clay season come! Hopefully she takes revenge on Radwanska 'cause that's what she'll be looking for now. I'm also hoping she defends her Rome title and ideally nabs Madrid, even though she tends to suck there for whatever reason.

DAVAI!!

[KK2009]

It's been two days but I still can't figure out how she managed to lose to ARan. (It was such a shame to put a pusher's name on the trophy!)
Maria really needs to do more than just "hang in there" the way she did in the previous rounds. Looks like she was hoping things were gonna change around all of sudden. In finals, she gotta step up to change things around. Not mentally positive as it seemed.

[18majors]

It's been disappointing that Maria lost three big finals in 2012. However, other than 2008, this has been Maria's best start of the year and 2012 can still be Maria's best year on tour.

Go Maria, have a great clay court season starting with Stuttgart in three weeks!

[dsanders06]

I'm still paralysed with shock/shame.

I mean, Radwanska. RADWANSKA.

[Trih]

Originally Posted by dsanders06

I'm still paralysed with shock/shame.

I mean, Radwanska. RADWANSKA.

I'm glad you're alive now come here for a group hug

[JamieOwen3]

This is what i managed to do. It was HARD but in the end we just have to....