Originally Posted by: CROUCHING TIGER

"davai" that Dart:)...MOLODYETS TEAM RUSSIA!!!

As Maria is playing an excellent tennis against Petkovic, she will play the final against Vera.

Vera was flatly cheated in Stuttgart. For her alone, outta all the tournament, racquet stringing took up to an HOUR & a HALF!!! THEN, when the racquets were dribbled back to her one at a time, the "new" strings BROKE as fast as they were used.  

Not even the Eurosport mouthpieces, scripted to save the faltering Stosur by any means necessary, could avoid embarrassment at the blatant sabotage to mess up the Russian's game.  

Add Stuttgart to the shameful list with the sewers of Miami & Melbourne. It is a pity, seriously. 

 Vera Zvonareva broke up with her coach Demekhin

April 27, 2011, 11:49 Zangalis K.

The first Russian tennis player Vera will no longer cooperate with her mentor, Sergei Demekhin. Now her coach is Karen Krotov , who helped Zvonareva in a series of American tournaments.

Originally Posted by: paul_pipkin

HEY! Check it out: Instead of Sergei, this dude from Tarpischev's Fed Cup crew is in Stuttgart coaching Vera. Name is Karen Krotov. Anyone know anything? I'd evidently NOT noticed this--from "Open Court" on Miami:

 

FRI, APR 1 2011 

The absence of Vera Zvonareva's coach, Sergey Demekhin, from the Miami tournament was fairly noticeable.

The handsome Russian former model has developed a following of his own, independent of those who are fans of his boss.

It reportedly was visa/passport issues. Filling in for Demekhin on this occasion was a Florida-based Russian coach named Karen Krotov. 

 

Vera Zvonareva parts company with her coach

Russian women’s No.1 tennis player Vera Zvonareva and her coach Sergey Demekhin have decided to quit their co-operation, which had lasted for almost a year.

It should be reminded that Zvonareva had been preparing to the Fed Cup semi-finals under the guidance of two coaches, Karen Krotov and Demekhin. Now her ex-trainer Sergey Demekhin decided to reveal the reasons of their parting.

«It was Vera’s initiative to employ Karen. Probably, she decided to bring something new into the preparation process. However, I could not agree with that. I have my own vision of her game. And when a new man joined the team, I did not want to be responsible for his actions. Fighting for power and authority would get the whole team in trouble. Therefore, I decided to resign, mostly because I didn’t want to cause any harm to Vera», said Demekhin as quoted by Sport-Express.

«We definitively decided to split after the Federation Cup semi-final, where Vera asked me to help her mostly as a sparring partner. Of course, I’ve been giving her some advice before the match, but the training process has already been passing into Karen’s hands. Maybe Vera really wanted to work with two coaches, but we failed to reach an agreement. I could not see any sense in things like that.»

http://www.sports.ru/en/tennis/93901498.html

Originally Posted by: paul_pipkin

 DRAW IS UP!   http://www.rolandgarros....cores/draws/ws/r1s4.html 

There IS a Russian Quarter,  though Maria is not in it.

Whereas the are only a couple of Russians in the other quarters, the second quarter is a Slavic ghetto:

Vera Zvonareva

Nadia Petrova

Alisa Kleybanova

Nastia Pavlyuchenkova

Vera Dushevina

Vesna (Manasieva) Dolonts

plus

Yaroslava Shvedova

Alona Bondarenko

Varvara Lepchenko 

Anymore, to deny that the Top Russian, Vera, is targeted--like Dementieva before her--is to be exposed as either an idiot or a liar.  

Okay, that sounds harsh. Whoever designed the "draw" may have been first concocting a garbage can for Russians & other "junk" Slavic players who "won't go very deep anyway..." Then you gotta decide whether it's really "random" when it "just happens" this is the quarter where the top Russian is seeded to meet the defending champion!  

I believe in coincidence--but NOT in the same coincidence almost every time.

I would like to add that Mishkina is going to train Kuznisova.

Originally Posted by: paul_pipkin

Originally Posted by: Dartagnan

Originally Posted by: paul_pipkin

 DRAW IS UP!   http://www.rolandgarros....cores/draws/ws/r1s4.html 

There IS a Russian Quarter,  though Maria is not in it.

Whereas the are only a couple of Russians in the other quarters, the second quarter is a Slavic ghetto:

Vera Zvonareva

Nadia Petrova

Alisa Kleybanova

Nastia Pavlyuchenkova

Vera Dushevina

Vesna (Manasieva) Dolonts

plus

Yaroslava Shvedova

Alona Bondarenko

Varvara Lepchenko 

Anymore, to deny that the Top Russian, Vera, is targeted--like Dementieva before her--is to be exposed as either an idiot or a liar.  

Okay, that sounds harsh. Whoever designed the "draw" may have been first concocting a garbage can for Russians & other "junk" Slavic players who "won't go very deep anyway..." Then you gotta decide whether it's really "random" when it "just happens" this is the quarter where the top Russian is seeded to meet the defending champion!  

I believe in coincidence--but NOT in the same coincidence almost every time.

I would like to add that Mishkina is going to train Kuznetsova.

 Anastasia train Kuzi. How cool is that? I like it!

Wed: In the dark: Court 5 where we can't see: 

Court 14 Women's Doubles - 2nd Round
4. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) v. Vania King (USA)[3] 
Vera Zvonareva (RUS)               Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)[3]
"it just happened that way..."  Not.

Yes Nasty is going to train Kuzi because they are good friends. Kuzi beLieves in her help. 

 So, Vera was obliged to dismiss partner & friend Elena Vesnina.  Draw meets fixed up to try to hurt feelings & drive wedges are the work of trivial men--in whose company I fear we now find the All England Club. Way too much of this showing up.

She next plays the dangerous Bulgar, Tsvetana Pironkova. ДАВАЙ!!! 

Vera has four guys in her box--at least a couple of professional status. Davenport & her Brit colleage didn't know them but I think I recognized one as Vera's long-time associate Alexei Ageev who has coached several Russian players. Body language suggested he is heading her coaching function right now. 

While I'm sure we are all happy Masha prevailed in Cincy last night:

Spare a thought for friend Vera, upon whom Team Russia relies and who's been having the devil of a time getting past semifinals. 

If we begin to see this Sharapova-Zvonareva contest repeated--you better start lookin' around. 

Under the sign of the solar angel 

Large Kazan article at http://www.championat.co...ennis/article-96294.html 

Also: Interview on KC site: (Use Google Translate on Russian version--does not shw on the site's English version.) 

Interview Vera Zvonareva in Kremlin Cup eve 16/09/2011

You will play in Kazan, the unusual, the charity match. What place in the career of professional tennis players - and you in particular - is charity?

participation in charity events and games - it's part of life of professional athletes. This is to just tell people your skills and thus benefit from what - the charitable organization. And it is always nice. And according to their capabilities, given the heavy competition schedule, I try to take part in such matches or events. It's just a small part of what you can do to benefit society. Which one of you played a charity match is especially memorable, make you feel special? Earlier this year, during the Australian Open, the Australian coast floods hit ... and many tennis players for a day Australian Open before came together and took part in what is called a match - the show to help victims of the flood. Gathered most of the top ten players in the men's and women's discharge, we were given a microphone and we played: singles, pairs, and mixes collected a decent amount of money! This event left a lot of experience, as it was conducted at the highest level, has been a great audience and the energy of the participants. And of course, look forward to the match in Kazan, as the match is held to support my own "Association of sick syndrome Rett ». Hopefully, as we can - something to help! Can take "intermediate outcomes" of this season? What has been this year, that was disappointing? Overall, I played the whole season and exactly stable. Without strong ups and downs. 2 - 3 years ago after an injury, I strongly added, suffered from a great experience, but this stock should always be perfect, because no one stands on the site. So this year began working on a little bit - different, but still do not work out what - what new items and skills bring to life in games. Hopefully, after this season, there is more training time and I can fix what - what developments. Traditionally, the "Kremlin Cup" expected to be very strong line-up of participants. What can you say about the international status of the Moscow tournament, and with what feelings come to Moscow? Moscow - this is my home where I first played in a tournament of this level, having received from the organizers of the Wild Card. Kremlin Cup - a prestigious tournament, and if my schedule allows, I am always with great pleasure that I play in Moscow! "Hot" Autumn in Moscow tennis final end of the Fed Cup Russia - Czech Republic. How do you evaluate competitors in the finals? In the final Fed Cup team is not weak Czech Republic - very smooth on the composition of the team. They have strong players in both singles and doubles. To beat them, you need to play my best tennis the whole team! What would you wish their fans in Moscow and throughout Russia? all happiness, health and love, so that everyone could come to the "Olympic" and support us loudly!