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[Exhibition] Dubai Princess Cup 2010

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Mikey.
Summon said:




M. Sharapova (RUS) d. K. Clijsters (BEL)
5-7 7-6 7-6​



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1st Serve %
85% -------------------------- 79%
Win % on 1st Serve
74% -------------------------- 82%
Win % on 2nd Serve
78% -------------------------- 78%
Aces
0 -------------------------- 6
Double Faults
0 -------------------------- 2
Winners
76 -------------------------- 64
Unforced Errors
4 -------------------------- 6
Break Point Conversions
0/0 -------------------------- 1/3
Total Points Won
107 -------------------------- 111​


That was such an high quality intense match :eek:
I still can’t believe I won, you broke me at 5-5 on your first break point, that was so frustrating for me. But when we were at 3-3 in the second set I just realised how much fun I was having playing a risk shot free match. Except for the returns of course, at which we both sucked at anyway lol but you did have a few awesome returns, I just had that one good one, but it was in that second set tie break were I saved match point :)

It was obvious from our service games that you were the better one out there, I was just fighting, prolonging my life, it’s obvious because you won more point then me. I think you had another break/match point, again at 5-6. You also took another early lead in the tiebreak, but somehow I was able to win it :D

By the way, every now and then you hit some moon ball like shots, not really moon ball, but there were a lot higher, how did you do that? Was that just great angle making?

Really (IMO) a good match, I don’t remember the tie break scores though 8-6 7-5 or something?
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It was a great match :worship:

Ummm Well I think you must mean the topspin shot I do when I hold the left joystick forward. :shrug:
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Maria Croft
Mikey. said:
It was a great match :worship:

Ummm Well I think you must mean the topspin shot I do when I hold the left joystick forward. :shrug:
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Oh yeah, I could try and use that more, but it's not really how Sharapova plays anyway, so I will be fine without :)

@ youizahoe, I still don't know :lol: must be because it's an exho :p
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youizahoe
Shit :(
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F-R-E-A-K
Bezz said:
I can play in half hour? you?:cool:
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Sorry, I was in bed already when you posted this. :lol: I had an early start this morning @ 5:30am. :fiery:
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Andrew Laeddis
Summon when do you want to play our match?
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Bezz
F-R-E-A-K said:
Sorry, I was in bed already when you posted this. :lol: I had an early start this morning @ 5:30am. :fiery:
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When can yu play now, i have pretty much the whole day :cool:.

I think we need an extension on this match :angel:
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Andrew Laeddis
ALG d. Sharapova 6-3,6-3

Sharapova is 1st person Ive played who has been able to time the regular shot and hit as hard as I do without using risk. She actually used more R trigger returns than me. I started out mostly using L trigger topsin ngled and deep returns but I once I got broken in the 2nd set I had to blast a few. Few errors from both of us 30 winners from me, 21 from Sharapova.
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All of matches have happened the same. I win the first set 6-3 behind one break of serve. I break early/midway through the 2nd set and at 5-3 I break again to win the match.
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Maria Croft
I’m afraid I’m the one that has to call you out on this, and I realise I sound bitter and sour but I’m not. I played a good match and I’m happy with that.

I just find it very strange that you don’t make a single return in my first 2 service games, only to make 4 service return winners in a row to break me at love. The same thing happens early in the second. Then I finally break you and it happens again, all of a sudden you read my serve perfectly and break, not at love, but with ease.

If I’m missing something here please explain, because my serve is hardly predictable, I use all directions, and even top spin and slice serve. So can you please explain how you sometimes return so perfectly in a single game, or are you just a master in the game and are we (or in this case me) just a silly noob?

I seriously don’t mean to offend you, but this is how I feel and I think I should be able to express this, for the sake of the game.
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Andrew Laeddis
Summon said:
I’m afraid I’m the one that has to call you out on this, and I realise I sound bitter and sour but I’m not. I played a good match and I’m happy with that.

I just find it very strange that you don’t make a single return in my first 2 service games, only to make 4 service return winners in a row to break me at love. The same thing happens early in the second. Then I finally break you and it happens again, all of a sudden you read my serve perfectly and break, not at love, but with ease.

If I’m missing something here please explain, because my serve is hardly predictable, I use all directions, and even top spin and slice serve. So can you please explain how you sometimes return so perfectly in a single game, or are you just a master in the game and are we (or in this case me) just a silly noob?

I seriously don’t mean to offend you, but this is how I feel and I think I should be able to express this, for the sake of the game.
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My return is incosnistent. In some matches I can time the return consistenly well and in some I can only do for brief momemnts (usually enough to get a break in each set.) I've spent a lot of time practicing the return and I can time it extremely well as long as I can read where it is going which during the games I broke you I was able to do. Change of serve pace doesnt bother me a lot. You served in different directions but at times you were a bit predictable and I was able to anicipate where you going to serve. You also served a lot to my better groundstroke which was odd. You served too many wide serves to the forehand in the deuce court and T serves to the forehand in the deuce court. Most of the bette returns I hit were off the fh.

Pat of it was skill. Part of it was luck (some of m good returns were close to going out). When I first got this game I was addicted. I used to lose a lot so I put in a lot of practice regarding my timing and especially my return. I know that even if my timming is off there will be at least one game in the match where I'll be able to string a few good returns together and have a shot at breaking.

Oh and you dont sound bitter or sour (Although Im not exactlyw hat there is to call me out on). I enjoyed our match and thought you played well. As a suggestion may I reccomend htting more body serves. You served pretty big and big serves into the body can often come as a suprise since most serve only out wide and down the T. They are also harder (for me at least) to hit risk returns off of.

It would be nice to have a match without negative feedback. First it was the risk shots but now that the've been banned and I havent used them in ralies I'm now being criticized for hitting a few good returns.
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you're making a couple of rivals huh?? lol. at least thats what i perceive.
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Andrew Laeddis
dmg100 said:
you're making a couple of rivals huh?? lol. at least thats what i perceive.
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At leat now if Anna-Lena happens to "fall" down a flight of stairs we know it was either Pazsek, Sharapova, or Hingis.
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LMAO exactly

matter of fact, you may never know, Chakvetadze might inadvertently throw and inanimate object at Anna-Lena causing her to dive down a flight of steep stairs. :devil:

only fun lol. you have no rival in me King Fed :worship:
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F-R-E-A-K
Bezz said:
When can yu play now, i have pretty much the whole day :cool:.

I think we need an extension on this match :angel:
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Are you online now? :p
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Bezz
F-R-E-A-K said:
Are you online now? :p
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I can play now :cool:
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Bezz said:
I can play now :cool:
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Great :D You can invite me. ;)

Good luck :yeah:
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Gl ya'll^^^
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A.Ivanovic (SRB) d. M.Hingis (SUI)
6-2 6-4

STATS

1st Serve %
81% -------------------------- 89%
Win % on 1st Serve
74% -------------------------- 56%
Win % on 2nd Serve
89% -------------------------- 58%
Aces
0 -------------------------- 0
Double Faults
0 -------------------------- 1
Winners
49 -------------------------- 30
Unforced Errors
5 -------------------------- 8
Break Point Conversions
3/10 -------------------------- 0/0
Total Points Won
67 -------------------------- 49​
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Good you won bish, or my loss would have been for nothing :eek:

Sad day for hingis though :(
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Nice match Martina (Bezz) :yeah: It was a fun match, alot of rallies, mixture of flat, topspin and slice shots all throughout the match. :D
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