Tennis
...taking advantage of my fame
no power = no grand slam
Li - Kvitova/Bartoli final for me
Radwanska will never win any grand slam because of 'Hingis' style of play! FACT!
yep will never get near winning a slam with her style of play, not a hope in hell..... oh wait she was a set away from winning Wimbledon last year
I know this year at Wimbledon she is lower but she cant do it...
gotta ask the question when people say these things though
You'll catch one out one day
Sabine will teach professor a lesson!
1 S.Williams USA 4 123 mph
2 S.Lisicki GER 5 122 mph
3 S.Stosur AUS 3 119 mph
3 M.Keys USA 3 119 mph
She is only ONE mile/hour below Big Mamma's serve!
Aga is coocked!
maybe Lisicki was lucky today but still Radwanska lost...
this year she was even more close but...her game is her game...
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Jul 4, 2013 -- 5:36PM, caramba wrote:
she'll have a hard time beating serena, aza or even masha, but with her consistency she'll have a good chance in tournaments like this one when someone else takes them out for her. and serena won't be around forever and vika is very injury prone so there should be more chances for her.
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The true answer is: she just took advantage of the entire MUG field at the time. That's it.
Jul 4, 2013 -- 5:46PM, caramba wrote:
where does the petra vulture stuff come from? at her peak, 2011, she beat all the top players and won both Wimbledon and YEC. The only one she didn't beat was Serena who was out with injury at the time. She can be major mug at times, but she's far from a vulture.
Because all she does these days is turn up for events where the big names don't (by turn up I mean play good tennis and win). Then every time her fans get excited and proclaim she's back and then when the big guns are back, she's back to flopping.
Plus she schedules like a real vulture. She overplays massively. The only player who's playing more tournaments a year than her in the top 10 is Wozniacki. Last year she went hard after the USO series and then was completely burned out by the time the US Open come around. You'd think she'd learn from that, yet this year she's scheduled to play 4 consecutive weeks before USO.
At the end of the day if you think you are a contender for grand slams you should never be playing an event like New Haven unless you've been out injured or whatever.
you need to make winners to do this
aga is trying to play safe to reduce number of ues but this stuff don't work with big guns. it only works against mugs. she's playing like vinci
With Petra 2012/13 I just think it's a case of bad/inconsistent form and maybe poor scheduling, but she has shown in the past that she is not a vulture by dominating the best players when playing well, unlike players like Ferrer, Errani and Radwanska who have never done this, and imo you don't get the vulture tag just because you're in bad form/a decline.
Jul 5, 2013 -- 10:11AM, caramba wrote:
Still don't think that makes her a vulture. I will agree that it's not wise to play New Haven, especially if you've had a good US Series leading up to it where you've had enough match play, but would think that was more about greed for money (winning US Open series gives you chance at bonus if you do well at USO) than greed for cheap points. In the end playing New Haven was probably short sighted since it might have ruined her chances at a good run at USO, but it's still not vulturing.
n88uk is just jealous 'coz kivi is so superb comparing to aza, so he's always trying to say bad words about kivi :)
Jul 5, 2013 -- 10:19AM, caramba wrote:
I suppose it comes down to what your definition of vulture is: Mine is someone who is very consistent against mugs, but has a very poor record against the top players. Going for cheap points by entering and winning mug tournaments also gives you vulture status. With Petra 2012/13 I just think it's a case of bad/inconsistent form and maybe poor scheduling, but she has shown in the past that she is not a vulture by dominating the best players when playing well, unlike players like Ferrer, Errani and Radwanska who have never done this, and imo you don't get the vulture tag just because you're in bad form/a decline.
exactly
kivi owns most of top10 players when she's not in UE mode
Jul 5, 2013 -- 10:39AM, johnnyrant wrote:
Why the frosty handshake at the end of the match? Is there some 'previous' between these 2 or something that went on during the match that upset A Rad?
Not that I know of. According to a press conference transcript I read, Aga was just mad that she has lost.
Everyone in the locker room hates Sabina apparently
http://www.sport.pl/tenis/1,107387,1...za_szansa.html
-The match may have been good, but I'd rather play it bad and win it. In the end I made a couple of silly errors and didn't take a few chances. The match with Li was much better, no doubt.
-Why was I cold during the handshake and leave the court so quickly? Well was I supposed to stay there and dance? I had no desire for a chit chat with Sabine, I was mad that I lost.
-The 3:0 lead wasn't huge, only 1 break. She was serving very well, I think at 5:6 she had a 2nd serve with 161km/h.
-What I'll remember from the tournament? A lot of tennis, a lot of matches, plenty 3 setters. I don't think though that I was running 100% in that match, but my body did feel the previous matches I've had. Had we played that match 2 days later the match could have been different. I wasn't as fresh as during the first week. It's an overload issue. Such 3 matches on grass are a huge amount of tennis, similar to 6 matches on other surface. Sometimes I wanted to run, but my legs didn't work.
- Bartoli in the final? Well clearly I missed the best opportunity to win a slam, because last year it was Serena in the final. Cannot compare it to other QFs I lost earlier. However I don't like to do "What if" etc. If I were to lose I'd rather lose to Lisicki in semis than to Bartoli in final, having our H2H in mind. If I lost to Bartoli in the final I'd probably break all my racquets. Obviously when Serena lost each of us girls knew they had a huge chance to win, but still you had to win those matches. I am sure that I am much more disappointed than I usually am.
-I don't think I'll stay to watch Janowicz's match tomorrow, I'll go home and watch in TV.
-When is the next GS QF's without Serena, Azarenka and Sharapova? I don't know, probably 100 years later...
Jul 5, 2013 -- 10:39AM, johnnyrant wrote:
Why the frosty handshake at the end of the match? Is there some 'previous' between these 2 or something that went on during the match that upset A Rad?
well, it was aga's best chance to win grand slam.
she had 3-0 lead in final set but managed to waste it. no wonder she was mad like hell.
but she should blame herself for this. she should be grateful that sabine gave her chance to win the match tbh..
her gamestyle didn't allow her to win
Jul 5, 2013 -- 10:11AM, caramba wrote:
Still don't think that makes her a vulture. I will agree that it's not wise to play New Haven, especially if you've had a good US Series leading up to it where you've had enough match play, but would think that was more about greed for money (winning US Open series gives you chance at bonus if you do well at USO) than greed for cheap points. In the end playing New Haven was probably short sighted since it might have ruined her chances at a good run at USO, but it's still not vulturing.
Greed for money is pretty much another form of vulturing.
Also you make the mistake once, and then do the same thing even worse next year. Well that doesn't make any sense does it?
Jul 5, 2013 -- 10:21AM, jin_kazz wrote:
Jul 5, 2013 -- 10:19AM, caramba wrote:I suppose it comes down to what your definition of vulture is: Mine is someone who is very consistent against mugs, but has a very poor record against the top players. Going for cheap points by entering and winning mug tournaments also gives you vulture status. With Petra 2012/13 I just think it's a case of bad/inconsistent form and maybe poor scheduling, but she has shown in the past that she is not a vulture by dominating the best players when playing well, unlike players like Ferrer, Errani and Radwanska who have never done this, and imo you don't get the vulture tag just because you're in bad form/a decline.exactlykivi owns most of top10 players when she's not in UE mode
How many matches a year is she not in UE mode?
Jul 5, 2013 -- 12:06PM, n88uk wrote:
Jul 5, 2013 -- 10:21AM, jin_kazz wrote:Jul 5, 2013 -- 10:19AM, caramba wrote:I suppose it comes down to what your definition of vulture is: Mine is someone who is very consistent against mugs, but has a very poor record against the top players. Going for cheap points by entering and winning mug tournaments also gives you vulture status. With Petra 2012/13 I just think it's a case of bad/inconsistent form and maybe poor scheduling, but she has shown in the past that she is not a vulture by dominating the best players when playing well, unlike players like Ferrer, Errani and Radwanska who have never done this, and imo you don't get the vulture tag just because you're in bad form/a decline.exactlykivi owns most of top10 players when she's not in UE modeHow many matches a year is she not in UE mode?
not many. hard times for her these days.
moreover her whole career in danger if she's really in some relations with him.
but every player have ups and downs. it's normal.
It does show up the ridiculous scheduling of Wimbledon. Women should play their last 16 matches ...
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they might play best of one set, instead of best of 3.?? That would make them more comfortable.
Jul 4, 2013 -- 5:58PM, yyyy wrote:
where's fred poster?I feel for you, lad.
