definitely watch out for PETRA -- but she has to keep steady and fired-up in the finals
because if she doesn't she'll lose to Andy Murray....
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definitely watch out for PETRA -- but she has to keep steady and fired-up in the finals
because if she doesn't she'll lose to Andy Murray....
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Gawd, that will be a relief! I'd hate to think of my favorites as just blowing it, or having a bad day.
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Gawd, that will be a relief! I'd hate to think of my favorites as just blowing it, or having a bad day.
U notice he';s so silent about these things? that's because he's probably busy preparing the concoctions....and reading up on his other spells...the ones he used to teach Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort -- so be careful not to annoy Britbox....or your favorite will surely suffer.........hehe...
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Round Two Summary Of The Women’s Doubles in Rio
Fed Cup pairing Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova continued their good run in the Women’s Doubles by defeating Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard and Gabriela Dabrowski 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4 in the Women’s doubles event in Rio. The Czech duo dropped a tight first set in the tiebreak but roared back in the second, breaking twice to send the […]
Fed Cup pairing Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova continued their good run in the Women’s Doubles by defeating Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard and Gabriela Dabrowski 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4 in the Women’s doubles event in Rio. The Czech duo dropped a tight first set in the tiebreak but roared back in the second, breaking twice to send the […]
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Upset Galore in the Women’s Singles at Rio: Serena and Garbiñe crash out!
Serena Williams’ Olympic horror story continued on Tuesday with a stunning defeat to the 15th seed Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine. Only a couple of days ago, Williams, together with sister Venus lost an Olympic doubles match for the first time and were eliminated in the opening round. Venus will be teaming up with Rajeev […]
Serena Williams’ Olympic horror story continued on Tuesday with a stunning defeat to the 15th seed Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine. Only a couple of days ago, Williams, together with sister Venus lost an Olympic doubles match for the first time and were eliminated in the opening round. Venus will be teaming up with Rajeev […]
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Petra is a real Jekyll and Hyde character... you're right - she's a different beast in the Blue and Red of the Czech Republic. Seems to discover that ingredient called fortitude missing so often from her game at other times.
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Who are you rooting for on the women's side Ted? Now Serena has been vanquished.
but -- should i reveal? we all know about that ''thing'' someone here did to my serena and to nole ........
petra is a nice girl............but so are the others....heeheeee...
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I know, who was expecting that? But Puig is a feisty competitor. She usually doesn't come through in the big moments, but she had a good win recently and evidently that helped her to get over the hump. Good for her, she was so pleased and shocked, and talk about a scoreline. Wow!
i always like to lean for -- ''if anyone else" -- the ones that didn't have a BIG, BIG title yet. and usually -- the one that BEAT MY serena and that girl is not so famous or successful yet -- because i like to see ''the wealth spread" - hehe.
so that means quite a bit that aren't ''the big names". the underdogs.
i've always been like that - first my top top favorite or favorites - like a handful maybe..
and then i go down the ''list" - and if none of them survive -- i go for the one that beat any of them..because it's nice to see someone that nobody cared much about and that player gets a nice boost .
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That's so nice. I'm always happy for the person who beats the odds too.
i tend to think of it like with many analogies in life:
just imagine a classroom...of course it's normal or part of life that a class of 30 students will have ''best'' - honor students and they deserve it for any number of reasons..maybe they just studied harder, just have quicker minds...have better books at home..are better surrounded by the necessities of finishing homework...have the notebooks others have to wait longer to have..they eat better because their parents are richer..whatever...that's what it is...
then there are those that might be from very poor families -- they also have to get up earlier to first help their parents sell dried fish in their ''barrio" before making the 1 hour walk to school...don't have enough paper left in their notebook to take down teacher's notes during class and will just have to try and borrow material...can't really stay after class to go to the library to catch up -- because they have to walk home in time to help a little more with selling dried fish -- ...and then eat, study in candle-light or kerosene lamp which can't be too long because they really can't afford that gasoline...compared to someone in the 'downtown" who can choose to read up longer with fluorescent and not be worried about getting up earlier to ''mind the store" ...just go and be ready for class...
imagine the disparity ...in MANY things BESIDES talent, skills, etc...BEFORE they can even stand up in class and give the answer to a question and get a ''point" - and they just have to try and hang on and hope they get enough from the class ...
yet somehow this poorer , less comfortably placed kid also really has perhaps some good talent -- ...
even many of OUR favorites -- like RAFA, ROGER, ANDY MURRAY, and many more came from quite comfortable backgrounds -- who could go to ANY of the best training schools, meet the right masters, who can open the right doors to meet the right practice partners and join the right ''ladder'' and matches all of it arranged in some way to ensure that they get the ''most out of their talent"...
BUT -- take TOMMY HAAS -- who DIDN'T come from the most comfortable family, at least for example compared to HIS age-contemporary ROGER FEDERER whose family is quite ''landed" in south africa -- and tommy's DAD had to borrow money to send him to florida -- but how long could THAT last before he is required to ''show results?" and before he has to start ''earning to pay back the investment?" and how could HE afford a TEAM like that surrounding RAFA OR FEDERER -- THE travelikng physio - etc?
how much more between THESE famous , familiar names and those that are even further DOWN the ranks ? and even further down in FINANCE?
another specific example in tennis:
MIRJANA LUCIC -- the ''once-phenom" - who as a teen BEAT STEFFI GRAF in the mid-90's..and it turned out the girl was an abused girl -- beaten up by the father if she didn't ''bring the success".
she and mother and siblings had to run away --
and you know - finding out about it -- who gave them money to run away ? STEFFI GRAF...and they resettled in florida...at least have a chance to be away from all the beatings and decide what they wanted to do .
to earn a living she and sisters had to work in the supermarket..finally perhaps getting married to a good fellow, find some stability -- and then try and resurrect what is left of her career that once was...and found a few good matches still -- even win a small tournament 2years ago was it?
steffi was once asked "why do you help these girls? encouraging them to come back or practice with you? -- jennifer capriati when she was an outcast, mirjana"...and THAT encouragement by steffi to the 'ostracized drugged up jennifer with the bad father' - to practice again -- eventually LED to Jennifer FINALLY becoming a 3-TIME MAJORS CHAMP...did people know that?
steffi said"
"with those that are so alone -- i can't help but try to do something".
reminds me -- in one of my old video cassette ''private steffi" tapes she had this big german shepherd in her house in germany -- and swimming in her pool...and it was a homeless dog she found in moscow airport hanging around after the tournament she played in on her way home -- and she asked the police if she could bring it home -- and they just let her...lol...
SO WHEN someone like that in the 'class" has a chance to win big -- i am always SO happy for them.
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What a great post, Teddy. I feel the same way. It's one thing to admire The Big Four, but everyone else deserves respect too, because we don't know their stories, their hardships, or the tears that they've shed. I hate when people fail to see the "lesser" players as human beings, and are so caught up in their own egos and identifying with the top guys that they forget their own humanity.
When I was on another board once, I was saying that I was a fan of Tomas Berdych, and this poster said, "Don't you know that he was mean to Rafa?" I had to SMH because I couldn't believe that someone would be that invested in the players as to hold personal grudges. How do I know what transpired between Rafa and Tomas, that we didn't see. Anyway, that's for them to handle, not me. I can't believe how stunted and juvenile some people can be.
Top Olympic tennis feats: Steffi Graf stands alone
From www.espn.com.au - Today, 11:55 PM
From Steffi Graf's historic 1988 gold medal to Andy Murray's thrilling triumph, here are our top Olympic tennis moments of all time.
I LOOOVE THIS !!
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Women’s Quarter Final Round Up from Rio
World Number 2 Angelique Kerber continued her superb 2016 with a dominant display en route to a 6-1 6-2 drubbing of Britain’s Johanna Konta in the Quarter Finals of the Ladies Singles in Rio. Kerber would be the first woman to medal for Germany in the Tennis event since the great Steffi Graf back in […]
World Number 2 Angelique Kerber continued her superb 2016 with a dominant display en route to a 6-1 6-2 drubbing of Britain’s Johanna Konta in the Quarter Finals of the Ladies Singles in Rio. Kerber would be the first woman to medal for Germany in the Tennis event since the great Steffi Graf back in […]
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Olympic tennis women's singles quarterfinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.
2-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat 10-Johanna Konta (Britain) 6-1 6-2
11-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat 15-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 6-2 6-0
Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat Laura Siegemund (Germany) 6-1 6-1
7-Madison Keys (U.S.) beat Darya Kasatkina (Russia) 6-3 6-1
2-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat 10-Johanna Konta (Britain) 6-1 6-2
11-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat 15-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 6-2 6-0
Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) beat Laura Siegemund (Germany) 6-1 6-1
7-Madison Keys (U.S.) beat Darya Kasatkina (Russia) 6-3 6-1
my , my -- these are DOMINANT score wins. granted two or three of the matches had far less ''top players" -- but still -- so were the winners besides kvitova and kerber as the most experienced WITH major titles.
now it looks like the semis should be HARD hitting games!
it is said KERBER has a chance in a month to become number one if serena doens't do good.
so SERENA dear -- better get it together!! hehe.
BRITBOX promised he won't do it again -- hexing you!!
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I HONESTLY don't think she needs to IF as the rumor says she has some sort of shoulder problem and it's not completely tip-top...
OR unless she is OK and just wants to get in more matches for the USO defense..which is understandable.
but for ME personally -- i don't put much importance to trying to ''match and break steffi's consecutive weeks as number one -- 186"
as mary carillo said.
because what is really the big deal anyway?
serena's right up there already at 182 -- four more weeks ''unbroken" hardly matters in terms of ''having proven something"
u know?
so - if there is a little problem with the shoulder -- better she rest and heal it COMPLETELY for USO - imo. practice REALLY well the week before to get her ''serving rhythm and returning rhythm" get going in time for peaking in the USO ...
STILL -- she's the mistress of her own game and timing.
and...remember/.../.... you promised -- no more hexing...you warlock!! lol