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Jun 19th, 2012, 03:17 AM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
This year is brutal for the top players, especially Pova. Pova played an amazing Clay Season and is in the hunt for W. Usually after W she can take a break but this year she has to stay on the high point for the Olympics. Then without a break, she right into the USO run!
That's a lot of tennis for Pova! Her durability has been fantastic so far this year but there are limits, aren't there? My thoughts:
Pova goes all out for W and Gold, then, if she goes deep at those events, plays USO without a warmup tournament, regardless of a third zero against her ranking points and probable loss of #1 as a result. But she needs a rest period somewhere or gc-spurs prediction for a short run at USO takes on a life of its own.
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Jun 19th, 2012, 04:01 AM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
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Originally Posted by perseus2006
This year is brutal for the top players, especially Pova. Pova played an amazing Clay Season and is in the hunt for W. Usually after W she can take a break but this year she has to stay on the high point for the Olympics. Then without a break, she right into the USO run!
That's a lot of tennis for Pova! Her durability has been fantastic so far this year but there are limits, aren't there? My thoughts:
Pova goes all out for W and Gold, then, if she goes deep at those events, plays USO without a warmup tournament, regardless of a third zero against her ranking points and probable loss of #1 as a result. But she needs a rest period somewhere or gc-spurs prediction for a short run at USO takes on a life of its own.
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I think she'll play Cinci. Not playing anything would mean four zero pointers, being Doha/Dubia (whatever it was this year), Charleston and Toronto. At least I think it would. She could only afford to do that if she won Wimbledon really.
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Jun 19th, 2012, 07:45 AM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
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That was an amazing interview it actually provides a lot of new info about what it took for Maria to get where she is now. Also the last paragraph about her pride to represent Russia is amazing!
Thank you a lot for posting this!
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Jun 19th, 2012, 09:31 AM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
her great form couldn´t come at more right time as in this olympic year  and she is a flag bearer also, such a honour for her after missing those 2 olympic games
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Jun 19th, 2012, 12:05 PM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
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her great form couldn´t come at more right time as in this olympic year and she is a flag bearer also, such a honour for her after missing those 2 olympic games |
Knowing how smart Maria is, didn't she have this all planned out beforehand?
By the way, why didn't Maria play 2004 OG?
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Jun 19th, 2012, 12:13 PM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
She didn't make the cutoff! iirc.
Those were the days that the Top 10 were half Russian.
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Jun 19th, 2012, 12:14 PM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
Yeah, Myskina, Dementieva, Sveta...besides she had not played a Fed Cup tie then.
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Jun 19th, 2012, 06:30 PM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
I reckon she'll atleast skip Toronto if she goes deep in the Olympics... no way will she want to play 3 straight weeks heading into a Slam.
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Jun 20th, 2012, 12:00 AM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
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I reckon she'll atleast skip Montreal if she goes deep in the Olympics... no way will she want to play 3 straight weeks heading into a Slam.
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Fixed. And  if she does...I was really hoping to see her this year.
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Jun 20th, 2012, 01:31 PM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
I'm cool as long as she defends Cincy. Seeing her last year was awesome.
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Jun 21st, 2012, 12:55 PM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
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Maja Maria uses her left hand to drink the water.
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Was this for me?   Um yeah, but she drank the champagne out of the bottle with her right hand. I drink water with left to and I am a righty... Very clumsy with left.
P.S. I provoke you a bit.  
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Jul 2nd, 2012, 08:21 PM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
Just thought I'd post here, no particular reason why.
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Jul 2nd, 2012, 08:24 PM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
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Just thought I'd post here, no particular reason why.
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Because it's her freakin' CareerSlam winning thread  We really should keep it alive with posts from time to time, just to honor this victory  The moment I thought of this, and rewatched the ceremony with Russian anthem, I got over this year's Wimbly 
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Jul 2nd, 2012, 10:36 PM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
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Jul 2nd, 2012, 10:41 PM
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Re: Roland Garros 2012: Victorious Moo
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