[quote user="giane"]^lols @ Francesca.. she really made my day!!! haha
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Schiavone... a pearl from the Boot-Leg country of the Med-Zone.

 Would be nice to see her slide on clay again. :D

[quote user="shrapi"]Who is Bepa ?[/quote]

That's "Vera" in Russian Cyrillic characters--not really a "B" & a "p", they just resemble then. [8-|]

[quote user="nazarik"]At the end of Day 2 Vera and Sam are really impressive[Y],fully deserved their wins,Kim won today,but it was unconvincing against half sick Jelena,Danish Polish Barbie doll wasnt at her best as well,too many unforced errors today,not accurate enough,for her style of play accuracy is the most important thing,Piotr the Father was furios,but it didnt help...Azarenka played well .but for her match ag.Kim will be decisive,and Schiavone also has a chance,as to Dementieva...I Dont Know what to expect...reallly dissapoiting first match ag. Wozniacki...and JJ is the clear outsider,unfortunately
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Damn! [H] Glad to hear from you. (Check your PMs). I was starting to think I was the only one who could still get in here. (As noted on my Auckland message, the main site is in transition & perhaps no one can link thru there to the forum.

Elena D had/has an ankle injury & movement is limited. But according to Thursday's lineup, she and JJ are still hanging tough against demands from the press & probably the WTA to drop out (so they can get Shahar Peer on court in Doha.) [:P]

Yeah! Let's hear it for Sam! Aussie-girl made my day. [Y] Kudos to "mentally tough" Vera Z, too! [;)]

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Khalifa Tennis Complex (from 17.00hrs)
1. Samantha Stosur vs. Elena Dementieva
2. Caroline Wozniacki vs. Francesca Schiavone
3. Kim Clijsters vs. Victoria Azarenka

We're lucky the forum is still here--however, there is precedent. When there were several months between Dementieva's old & new sites, a small forum continued to function in the interim.

The deal is, one must come directly here to http://cs.mariasharapova.com/forums/ There is no main page to link from, you see? Still, I don't have a clue why you and I seem to be here alone. I KNOW a number of members were coming directly here because we had to report to tghem often about new stuff on the main page. [*-)]

Getting both alternates in the game is precisely what Bradnam & (to a lesser degree) Reed are demanding on British Eurosport--you know their only interest is Peer. But to do that, either BOTH JJ & Elena would have to withdraw or get one of them to drop AND pay off Li Na to pull out. All that gets kinda complicated to sell as [8] it just happened that way... [8] [;)]

[quote user="paul_pipkin"]

The deal is, one must come directly here to http://cs.mariasharapova.com/forums/ There is no main page to link from, you see? Still, I don't have a clue why you and I seem to be here alone. I KNOW a number of members were coming directly here because we had to report to tghem often about new stuff on the main page. [*-)][/quote]

The problem is,by going straight onto the forum,it doesn't always log you straight in as your username. If your history is cleared(as some people's are everytime they log off) you will just be on here as a guest and will have to sign in from the main page,which is impossible at the moment...

Lena played good match today,showed her fighting spirit and deserved her victory against in form sam,well done ,Lena![Y]

p.s. Vika lost to Kim in 3 sets,good match,but there was no fight in the final set,cos Vika I think was extremely tired,anyway,wish her good luck next year![:)]

Well, she did. Clijsters by 63 57 63. Congrats, Kimmy. [H]

Whatever schemes were floated to the contrary, the YEC then transitioned to Istanbul for 2011-2014 as promised. President of the Türkiye Tenis Federasyonu, Mrs Ayda Uluç'un (hope I have that correct) received the flag.

The Istanbul YECs will be played INDOORS, in the fine new Ataköy'deki Sinan Erdem Sports Hall, under construction now.

WTA is NOT going to have the total CONTROL of every aspect they enjoyed in the emirate. Istanbul has its own very experienced team for organizing large sporting events. Also, they may not be able to dominate the media feed. CNN TÜRK, TJK, NTV Spor and other national broadcasters will opt to be the host.

And there's the simple fact: While relatively new, Turkey is a real tennis country. [H] I have positive feelings for this.