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deadchip
#21 Posted : Saturday, April 30, 2011 4:13:38 PM(UTC)
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I hate when she is in Europe!!!! 3:00 am tomorrow for me!!! And I have to work Sunday! Well good to have her playin' again. Not the hardest draw and not the easiest draw. She should get thru the first round. The second looks pretty tough, as does the third with Kuzy a possibility, though I think she may go down to Cibulkova today, as she is behind a set right now. I think Cibulkova is also a very tough opponent for Masha on clay especially.Well good to be back around these parts again. Been busy following my boy Milos over on the men's side, who's been doing quite decently on clay so far, which is a bit surprising. He beat Simon today, but had to retire down a set to Verdasco in the semi later that day due to some back pain and tightness. Hope he's OK! Anyhow, blah, blah blah.....
GO MARIA!!!!!
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#22 Posted : Saturday, April 30, 2011 5:08:55 PM(UTC)
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Hi, deadchip.  Good to hear from you. Yeah, Kuzi cratered.  Kiri lost a third-set tiebreak--and that bothers me more 'cause the scores were squirrley. Here is the Sunday OOP:


Order Of Play



MUTUA MADRID OPEN

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Manolo Santana (from 11.00hrs CEST)

1. Maria Sharapova vs. Arantxa Rus

2. Caroline Wozniacki vs. Ayumi Morita

3. ATP: Wawrinka vs. García-López

4. ATP: Almagro vs. Tsonga (NB 18.00hrs)

5. Laura Pous-Tio vs. Jelena Jankovic

Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (from 11.00hrs)

1. Peng Shuai vs. Francesca Schiavone

2. Sofia Arvidsson vs. Aravane Rezai

3. Ana Ivanovic vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands

4. ATP: Dolgopolov vs. Giraldo

5. ATP: Monaco vs. Golubev 

Stadium 3 (from 11.00hrs)

1. ATP: Gimeno-Traver vs. Ramírez Hidalgo

2. ATP: Mannarino vs. Muñoz-de la Nava 

3. Marion Bartoli vs. Simona Halep

4. ATP: Melo/Soares vs. Knowles/Roddick

5. Nadia Petrova vs. Vania King

Court 4 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Flavia Pennetta vs. Arantxa Parra Santonja

2. Julia Goerges  vs. Kaia Kanepi

3. Sania Mirza vs. Elena Vesnina

4. Ekaterina Makarova vs. Yanina Wickmayer

Court 5 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Kimiko Date-Krumm vs. Daniela Hantuchova

2. ATP: Riba vs. Andreev

3. Chuang/Govortsova vs. Kuznetsova/Zvonareva (NB 14.00hrs)

4. Hantuchova/Radwanska vs. Azarenka/Kirilenko

Court 6 (from 11.00hrs)

1. ATP: Del Bonis vs. Falla

2. ATP: [Berlocq or Kubot] vs. [Bautista-Agut or de Bakker] (NB 12.30hrs)

3. Klara Zakopalova vs. Sara Errani

4. Monica Niculescu vs. Chanelle Scheepers

Court 7 (from 11.00hrs)

1. ATP: Hanescu vs. Copil

2. ATP: [Rochus or Souza] vs. Cipolla

3. Greta Arn vs. Bojana Jovanovski

4. Cornet/Goerges / vs. Llagostera Vives/Parra Santonja


"That's the way the world works... right now." --Maria Sharapova at 17
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#23 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 2:00:38 AM(UTC)
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That is going to be an early match ! The weather is not good in southern Europe . In northern Europe we have the best weather since a 100 years ! Sun , sun , sun !! No raindrop for 5 weeks now ! Can you believe that ?!!?!?
Maybe , maybe we will see that match tomorrow on Eurosport ?
By the way, I did survive our national bank holday , called Queensday. Was fun , sunny , very busy. About 1 million people came to Amsterdam , ppfffff !
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#24 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 6:22:37 AM(UTC)
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Hey guys! I could watch the last game! I didn't know they were showint the match on TV, but I could watch it on Marca TV, a Spanish sports channel. I don't know what to think, I mean, she lost the first set 6-2. That's not good, especially taking into account that Cibulkova beat Kuznetsova so easily, I don't think Maria will go far, although I hope so. She looks pretty as always, she's wearing a yellow shirt and I don't remember if it was a brown skirt.

Glad she won.
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#25 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 6:33:22 AM(UTC)
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Hey guys! I could watch the last game! I didn't know they were showint the match on TV, but I could watch it on Marca TV, a Spanish sports channel. I don't know what to think, I mean, she lost the first set 6-2. That's not good, especially taking into account that Cibulkova beat Kuznetsova so easily, I don't think Maria will go far, although I hope so. She looks pretty as always, she's wearing a yellow shirt and I don't remember if it was a brown skirt.

Glad she won.


Hey man.  Yeah. We were in the Shoutbox & Teddy found word of the MarcaTV. But the stream I saw mentioned required new software & I won't install on the fly...


Oh, I think not so shabby for first match on clay. Arantxa has played way better this year & the stats were not so bad. First serves getting in & only 3 Maria DFs.


Hope some of that gets on youtube.

"That's the way the world works... right now." --Maria Sharapova at 17
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#26 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 7:20:27 AM(UTC)
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Yeah I agree with Paul it was her first match on clay this year, so it takes a time to get used so I think that the fact that Maria went to a 3rd set today wasn't the worst thing of the world. Couldn't watch the match, but I read the stats and I'm happy that had just 3 DFs and that she was able to recover from a set down that is important to show fight spirt it makes her stronger. Also happy with Victoria Azarenka win 6-0 6-0, it was impressive. Now in LS following Caroline's match.
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#27 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 7:52:00 AM(UTC)
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Caro 62 63 in 1:08. Gorgeous Görges up a break 32 in the third. 

"That's the way the world works... right now." --Maria Sharapova at 17
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#28 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 7:52:22 AM(UTC)
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A win is a win ! Didn't see anything of the match but happy Maria has won. Next round Wickemayer ? If so I need to start a prayer !
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#29 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 7:55:19 AM(UTC)
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Yeah, I agree with you. I think it is great she "just" hit 3 doubles. From what I see in the stats it seems like she didn't serve badly. Let's hope that's the way she'll keep serving this week. But her next opponent could be really hard already and she surely has to improve. And remember the last match against Cibulkova. She almost got double-bageled. However, I love the fact she fought hard to avoid that and win two games, but it was painful to watch.

I really hope she can improve and beat Cibulkova. Dominika seems to be a really nice person but I want revenge, and I'm sure Maria does too.
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#30 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 7:59:24 AM(UTC)
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Wicky or Katya Makarova. Then probably the Jackrabbit. 


Kuzi & Vera Z won their first doubles match 61 75. 

"That's the way the world works... right now." --Maria Sharapova at 17
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#31 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 10:05:56 AM(UTC)
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Sounded like a shaky start but stats looked good. Keep it up Maria! You can beat anyone.
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#32 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 10:52:52 AM(UTC)
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Sounded like a shaky start but stats looked good. Keep it up Maria! You can beat anyone.



It may be Katya. Makarova takes first set from Wicky 64.  Breaks to love & holds 42... (Katya has nine aces) Wicky holds 43.


Katya wins 64 64 in 1:10  Will play Masha next.

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#33 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 11:48:19 AM(UTC)
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Great to see she managed to to come back and win this one! it's not surprising that she was not quite up to it at first as she had to adjust to the clay and hadn't played in almost a month! Well, Makarova next up. She can do it!!
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#34 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 12:00:55 PM(UTC)
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Great to see she managed to to come back and win this one! it's not surprising that she was not quite up to it at first as she had to adjust to the clay and hadn't played in almost a month! Well, Makarova next up. She can do it!!


Maria through to Madrid 2nd Round


Posted on May 1, 2011




Maria started her 2011 clay court campaign with a win today as she defeated Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 2-6 6-3 6-2 at the the Mutua Madrid Open in Madrid, Spain.

The match lasted exactly 2 hours against the 99th ranked 20-year-old on the Manolo Santana Stadium.

After dropping the first set, Maria broke Rus three times in the second set. Maria then forced Rus from corner to corner with powerful groundstrokes as the Dutch player was eventually overwhelmed.  Maria won the match on her second match point when Rus netted a forehand.

In the 2nd round, Maria will play Ekaterina Makarova of Russia.  They have never played before.


 


Masha will play Katya tomorrow, Monday: Second match on Manolo Santana (Center Court)


Noon CEST Li Na v MJMS, followed by Sharapova v Makarova. Say 13:30-14:00 CEST.


http://www.wtatennis.com...posting/2011/1038/OP.pdf 



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#35 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 1:52:18 PM(UTC)
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Masha will play Katya tomorrow, Monday: Second match on Manolo Santana (Center Court)




Noon CEST Li Na v MJMS, followed by Sharapova v Makarova. Say 13:30-14:00 CEST.


http://www.wtatennis.com...posting/2011/1038/OP.pdf 




 



Order Of Play

MUTUA MADRID OPEN

Monday, May 2, 2011

Manolo Santana (from 12.00hrs CEST)

1. Li Na vs. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez

2. Maria Sharapova vs. Ekaterina Makarova

3. ATP: de Bakker vs. Ferrero (NB 16.00hrs)

4. ATP: Roddick vs. Cipolla (NB 19.00hrs)

5. Nuria Llagostera Vives vs. Dinara Safina 

Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario (from 11.00hrs)

1. Alisa Kleybanova vs. Shahar Peer

2. ATP: Karlovic vs. Monfils (NB 14.00hrs)

3. ATP: Isner vs. Fish

4. ATP: Falla vs. Baghdatis

5. ATP: Gasquet vs. Gimeno-Traver

Stadium 3 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Agnes Szavay vs. Dominika Cibulkova

2. ATP: Stakhovsky vs. Montañés (NB 14.00hrs)

3. Arantxa Parra Santonja vs. Andrea Petkovic (NB 16.00hrs)

4. Victoria Azarenka vs. Sofia Arvidsson

5. Elena Vesnina vs. Vera Zvonareva

Court 4 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Olga Govortsova vs. Roberta Vinci

2. Peng/Zheng vs. Kudryavtseva/Woehr

3. Anabel Medina Garrigues vs. Lucie Safarova

4. Schiavone/Stosur vs. Errani/Vinci

Court 5 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Halep/Hercog vs. Dellacqua/Stubbs

2. ATP: Querrey vs. Llodra

3. ATP: Nishikori vs. Riba

4. ATP: Cilic vs. Starace

Court 6 (from 11.00hrs)

1. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova vs. Iveta Benesova Another "just happened that way...?" 

2. ATP: Chela vs. Mannarino

3. ATP: Hanescu vs. Malisse

4. ATP: Lindstedt/Tecau vs. Ramírez Hidalgo/Ventura

5. ATP: Bellucci/Dolgopolov vs. Stakhovsky/Youzhny

Court 7 (from 14.00hrs)

1. Dushevina/Poutchek vs. Petrova/An.Rodionova

2. Niculescu/Peer vs. Hsieh/Yan

3. Domínguez Lino/Pous-Tio vs. Jans/Rosolska

"That's the way the world works... right now." --Maria Sharapova at 17
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#36 Posted : Sunday, May 01, 2011 2:26:40 PM(UTC)
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Will they show Maria's match on Eurosport, Paul? I hope so!
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#37 Posted : Monday, May 02, 2011 2:46:56 AM(UTC)
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What are Azarenka and Zvonareva doing on court 3 ! Organisation, NOT a good job done ! I think they will be angry, higher seeded then Maria and Maria is on Centre Court !!
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#38 Posted : Monday, May 02, 2011 4:59:06 AM(UTC)
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Previously, Eurosport only scheduled a timeslot for the first match--Li Na vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. I can hardly conceive they won't extended that to show Maria, however.


IF NOT, I find now there WILL be "world feed" and LSH has already posted Masha. 


http://www.livescorehunt...out=popup&Itemid=286 


World feed will continue later with Petkovic v Parra Santonja on Stadium 3. Whether that will then stream Vika & the Russians remains to be seen.


UPDATE: myp2p.eu expects Eurosport 2 International to begin coverage with Masha's match. See http://www.myp2p.eu/broa...d=114721&part=sports 


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#39 Posted : Monday, May 02, 2011 6:07:35 AM(UTC)
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Thanks, Paul. Europort is showing Li Na's match now and she has taken the first set so hopefully I can watch a bit of Maria until they finish transmission. Anyway one way or another we will be able to watch her play. Whoopi! I'll see you later in shoutbox when Maria plays. Just going to get some lunch first.
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#40 Posted : Monday, May 02, 2011 9:22:04 AM(UTC)
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Today I watched it, and I happy with Maria's performance she served really well, I mean more consistently than she was doing in the last tournaments she played, she had a high percentage of first serves in. Now she is in the third round. GO MARIA!!!
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