Hi, Philli. I'd give a different hypothetical scenario. A close examination (see below) reveals a liklihood Masha may have won the quarterfinal. BUT, a full-on win would certainly have involved a long, intense three-setter. Ironically, you could speculate defeating Vika that way might have instead contributed to a loss to Princess the next day!
But it is what it is. Yeah, Sam Smith confirmed, "Wozniacki has not fallen off at all" during the semi, yet a fresh & focused Sharapova took her down in straight sets.
My guess is Sam Stosur will come out as she initially did against Li Na, expecting a long, grueling endurance test. That tit-for-tat play almost messed Sam up. One will see.
Oh, sure she will run off to Paris. 
To train for RG, duh. Don't think her Tiffany earrings will detract.
Rybarikova has a leg up on Kvitova in Prague. http://www.livescorehunter.com/index.php?option=com_lsh&view=lsh&event_id=48986&tid=68168&channel=0&tmpl=component&layout=popup&Itemid=286
paul_pipkin;307491 wrote:I just reviewed the match again. The actual tipping point began late in the 1st after Vika bickered with the ump over a hard call. Asderaki gave Masha 25 30-15 re a complicated issue & Viki got steamed/distracted as Masha held at 54. Paranoia kicked in. I remarked on Shoutbox that Vika would freak if Masha broke. Knowing Vika, she was anxiously visualizing it slipping away from that point.
Though Masha then blew her break point & dropped the first set, momentum actually had shifted, as we saw in the 2nd before Vika jammed her elbow at 10 30-0. Thus Maria has reason to take confidence she had turned it around three games before the injury. 
"That's the way the world works... right now." --Maria Sharapova at 17
