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current form exceeds 2008 australian open
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current form matches with 2008 australian open
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current form is below 2008 australian open
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:25 PM
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Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
by consensus that was considered her 'peak', so do you think her current form matches that?
and if not, what about USO 2006?
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:26 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
No. Until she shows more variety on court as she showed in 2008 AO she hasn't reached that form yet  .
Her footwork however I believe is better this year than in 2008 but all the other elements of her game are not 2008 material yet. |
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:27 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
So many Maria threads! It's been a couple of days since there were this many! 
No, she hasn't.
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:28 PM
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Multiform
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
She's playing scrubs.
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:29 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
No.
christ on a bike.
Max, lock this.
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:32 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
No, no and no. Can people stop?
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:33 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
It is, I said it right now and nothing fell on my head or something like that
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:34 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
Quote:
Originally Posted by JarkaFish
She's playing scrubs.
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still though, only 5 games dropped in 4 matches 
and I don't think venus counts as a 'scrub' even though she's obviously nowhere near her best, I would say she's better than some of the top 10 right now (*cough* stosur *cough*)
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:36 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
Quote:
Originally Posted by JarkaFish
She's playing scrubs.
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Who isn't?
Serena
R1 Gallovits-Hall  110#
R2 Muguruza Blanko  112#
R3 Morita  72#
R4 Kirilenko 15#
Vika
R1 Niculescu 49#
R2 Daniilidou 94#
R3 Hampton 63#
R4 Vesnina 47#
Maria
R1 Pouchkova 107#
R2 Doi 92#
R3 Venus 26#
R4 Flipkens 43#
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:46 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
You all have to stop.
She is playing well, nobody can deny it.
Vika and Serena didn't have better opponents.
Still you shouldn't hype her that much. Wait until she plays against Radwanska. And, regardless from her form, she can't beat Serena.
Just let her play.
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:48 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
She has surpassed it. So when she loses, it's safe to say that Peak Sharapova is overrated.
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:53 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
she has had FAIL competition 
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Jan 20th, 2013, 04:55 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
This is def her best performance score-wise, but we won't really know until the end of the tournament. Certainly if she made it to the Final and won---especially if it was against Serena---then it would be safe to say at that point that this is her best form ever.
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Jan 20th, 2013, 05:05 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
Honestly she's past peak 2008 tbh. Still not enough to beat way-past-peak Serena in 2013 (considering her peak was back in 2002-03)
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Jan 20th, 2013, 05:06 PM
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Re: Is it safe to say that sharapova has reach AO 2008 form?
S T O P making threads about this shit. Damn.
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