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The comments after Kim's loss against Lina

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I thought the reactions of Kim's entourage after her loss were really strange. Saying they were actually happy Kim had lost, so now she could rest a bit for the USopen. What I don't understand then is why she decided to play in te first place, if she needed the rest, shouldn't she have pulled out? I think Lina didn't get the credit she deserved for beating Kim, implying she would have won if she was fresh. I just don't think it were nice reactions

Kim's comment:

"I just don't think that I had the right preparation. Especially with the traveling," she said. "But I decided to play. I think today was just one match too much. I just ran out of batteries in the second and the third."

Of course Kim did give Lina credit:
"After coming here from Los Angeles, and the jet lag, it was difficult...But she played very well in the second and third sets and she didn't make any mistakes,"

Then Lei, Kim's father:

",,Dit is een goeie zaak in de voorbereiding op de US Open'', oordeelde vader Leo.
He says it's a good thing she lost, it's better for her preparation of the USopen.
And Marc Dehous said about the same thing on Belgian television
I am sorry but if that's the case, why do you play?

I wonder if it's just Kim who decides about the schedule, one would think the entourage would advice her not to play so much.
I really don't want to attack Kim, I just really question her scheduling... What do you guys think?
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"He says it's a good thing she lost, it's better for her preparation of the USopen"
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Yeah right, nothing like a real good loss to a way under ranked player in the first round in a match just before the U.S. Open.

A real momentum builder, eh? :rolleyes:
If they were already hoping she would lose early then why not withdraw? She has enough money to pay if there is a fine! It wont benefit at all to play when shes already tired! Its better to withdraw than give a half assed effort.
Experimentee said:
If they were already hoping she would lose early then why not withdraw? She has enough money to pay if there is a fine! It wont benefit at all to play when shes already tired! Its better to withdraw than give a half assed effort.
Kim herself really wanted to play, as she had commited herself before, and didn't want to dissapoint anyone. Parents and coach never liked it too much but Kim did have it her way, only to find out she really was running out of gas.

I'm still sure the tournament was quite happy she did play two matches, and all the fuss about having the new #1 in Toronto certainly didn't hurt the tournament in the end.
somthing she will have to learn to do. i don't think she has ever seen the "physical" capability of her body. now she has. so in the future, i think she will be quick to no when to pull out of the tournies, and when not to. personally after five weeks in a row, you think the lightbulb would've went off.

i still say its the fact, that everyone is talking about the only and again only reason why she became number 1 was b/c of the fact that physically she is able to play so much and continue to win. the gurl isn't immortal. like we had to find out with serena from comments made about her. so it did look bad for kim to say that she just ran out of batteries. and have the week before this gurl that can play all the time and keep getting to semis and finals. i've always questioned her play coming up to the usopen. i still question it during the usopen. i don't even think she will get to the semis. its sad that Serena is out, cuz i really wanted venus at nuber 5, and in kim's quarters. kim hasn't had to prove herself. as in like Serena with Jennifer in the quarters, justine in the semis and then venus in the finals. or at the french, amelie quarters, justine semis, and had she won, kim would've been waiting. kim hasn't had to do that yet, so when it comes, it will be interesting to see how she fares having to take out at least 2 top 10 players, instead of just 1 in a tournie :)
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Kim and her coach are two different people. Just because he believes one thing doesn't mean Kim will agree or do everything he tells her to. So I don't think there's any huge conundrum there.

IMO, Kim made the wrong decision to play, but the thought of disappointing all those lovely Canadian tennis fans probably made her reconsider. It was a foolhardy act of matyrdom, and I hope she did learn her lesson from overexerting herself.
TeeRexx said:
"He says it's a good thing she lost, it's better for her preparation of the USopen"
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Yeah right, nothing like a real good loss to a way under ranked player in the first round in a match just before the U.S. Open.

A real momentum builder, eh? :rolleyes:
I don't think his comments mean what you are hoping it to mean. He's not thinking of the match when he says he's glad she lost, he's thinking of her health, glad that she's out of the tournament and able to rest. The momentum was already built. She didn't need another tournament to play. And it wasn't a first round match, nor is Lina Krasnoroutskaya a "way under ranked player".
vs1 said:
I think that Kim takes her commitments seriously. She had committed to play there and she honoured it. I am not saying that she tanked and lost on purpose. Of course not. But she probably wasn't as motivated...and having secured the #1 ranking and having the US Open approaching...she was probably also a little relieved that she now had a few extra days to rest. So I think that it affected her motivation. But she showed up because she SAID she was going to show up. And with all of the seeds withdrawing because of injuries, she probably also felt a bit more obligation from the tournament. They couldn't afford ANOTHER contender pulling out. For crying out loud, this is a Tier I event!!!
I agree 100% with your comments.
i guess kim is the type that feels weird pulling out of tournies.
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as others have said Kim was just not as motivated to win and Lina played great - I think kim will still do well at the USOpen Theres always going to be a surprise quaterfinalist since I doubt Hantuchova is going to live up to her seedings(come on mary Pierce and Elena Bovina!)
irma said:
kim couldn't pull out since she had not broken a leg;)
:worship: My thoughts exactly.
vs1 said:
I think that Kim takes her commitments seriously. She had committed to play there and she honoured it. I am not saying that she tanked and lost on purpose. Of course not. But she probably wasn't as motivated...and having secured the #1 ranking and having the US Open approaching...she was probably also a little relieved that she now had a few extra days to rest. So I think that it affected her motivation. But she showed up because she SAID she was going to show up. And with all of the seeds withdrawing because of injuries, she probably also felt a bit more obligation from the tournament. They couldn't afford ANOTHER contender pulling out. For crying out loud, this is a Tier I event!!!
I totally agree. I think this is exactly why she played. I'm sure Allaster appreciated it very much. I appreciated it too ;) the Rogers was my only chance to see Kim play..so although she would have been better off resting..I'm definatly glad she came :D

btw for the record..I think if she was going to skip a tournie she should have skipped LA.
Kim felt obligated to the tour, especially after the ranking "system" helped to make her number one, on the strength of her playing twice the number of tournies as the former number one; now she's gonna pull out cause she's tired. Not likely. Plus I think the trip from Cali to Canada put her in the triple platinum miles club.


Seriously It wouldn't have looked good for the WTA for the new number one to pull out.
DA FOREHAND said:
Seriously It wouldn't have looked good for the WTA for the new number one to pull out.
I really don't think anyone (except for people who know nothing 'bout tennis or people who just think from a commercial perspective) would have blamed her for not wanting to play 5 weeks in a row.

And if people did bother she shouldn't care especially after what she has been through last year with her shoulder injury (mainly because of playing too much in singles and doubles)
Bull Crap.. If Kim was in the final today no one would have anything to say.. I mean, come on, she whipped the floor with her 3nd round opponent
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