Originally Posted by: MLover

I do believe Bartoli - Serena will be lotsaFUN, maybe a thriller?

Bartoli can kick Serena out, hope so.

Playing against Serena: Let her run run run run from the left corner to the right corner, don't play her racket, most of the time she's building in lot's of rest before she kicks her first ball, OK, most of the time an ace :s
Easy said while watching TV with a coffee and some goodies.

I'm putting my faith in Bartoli to win tomorrow. She is quite eccentric on the court with her odd routines but they seem to work for her. She also seems to be very fit despite appearing to look like she'd be exhausted after 2 points  I can remember watching Marion in total dis-belief at RG a few years back when she managed to eat a WHOLE banana and drunk half a litre of water in between games

Anyway, as for the tactics against Serena you are spot on. Make Serena run from side to side, short angles and drop shots will do the trick, keep her off balance. Bartoli can be relentless at times with her groundstrokes, she has to be tomorrow.

It would be a disaster to have another Williams final here, the BBC would love it though as that is all they spoken about (when they are not talking about Murray of course)  The sooner those 3 lose the better.

Originally Posted by: Baris1989

Originally Posted by: MLover

I do believe Bartoli - Serena will be lotsaFUN, maybe a thriller?

Bartoli can kick Serena out, hope so.

Playing against Serena: Let her run run run run from the left corner to the right corner, don't play her racket, most of the time she's building in lot's of rest before she kicks her first ball, OK, most of the time an ace :s
Easy said while watching TV with a coffee and some goodies.

 

I'm putting my faith in Bartoli to win tomorrow. She is quite eccentric on the court with her odd routines but they seem to work for her. She also seems to be very fit despite appearing to look like she'd be exhausted after 2 points  I can remember watching Marion in total dis-belief at RG a few years back when she managed to eat a WHOLE banana and drunk half a litre of water in between games

Anyway, as for the tactics against Serena you are spot on. Make Serena run from side to side, short angles and drop shots will do the trick, keep her off balance. Bartoli can be relentless at times with her groundstrokes, she has to be tomorrow.

It would be a disaster to have another Williams final here, the BBC would love it though as that is all they spoken about (when they are not talking about Murray of course)  The sooner those 3 lose the better.

 

with English, they take pride in whoever English(or Scottish in Murray) player they have. They don't even have that much talent as the other European countries have. very annoying to say the least. They just can't help it especially with Murray's semifinal debut in RG, but with such redundant headlines it's almost too bias for other players like Tomic, Tsonga and Lopez who are also playing great tennis in the first week.  They can't even give an outright comment about the court assingment debate. 

Bartoli is defintelya slugger, she may not cover the court that well but she is indeed relentless. I can still remember that semifinal match between Henin in 08', how she manage to get her way through the Finals. 

Originally Posted by: Brebis

Originally Posted by: shyra asis

Originally Posted by: Baris1989

Originally Posted by: MLover

I do believe Bartoli - Serena will be lotsaFUN, maybe a thriller?

Bartoli can kick Serena out, hope so.

Playing against Serena: Let her run run run run from the left corner to the right corner, don't play her racket, most of the time she's building in lot's of rest before she kicks her first ball, OK, most of the time an ace :s
Easy said while watching TV with a coffee and some goodies.

 

I'm putting my faith in Bartoli to win tomorrow. She is quite eccentric on the court with her odd routines but they seem to work for her. She also seems to be very fit despite appearing to look like she'd be exhausted after 2 points  I can remember watching Marion in total dis-belief at RG a few years back when she managed to eat a WHOLE banana and drunk half a litre of water in between games

Anyway, as for the tactics against Serena you are spot on. Make Serena run from side to side, short angles and drop shots will do the trick, keep her off balance. Bartoli can be relentless at times with her groundstrokes, she has to be tomorrow.

It would be a disaster to have another Williams final here, the BBC would love it though as that is all they spoken about (when they are not talking about Murray of course)  The sooner those 3 lose the better.

 

 

with English, they take pride in whoever English(or Scottish in Murray) player they have. They don't even have that much talent as the other European countries have. very annoying to say the least. They just can't help it especially with Murray's semifinal debut in RG, but with such redundant headlines it's almost too bias for other players like Tomic, Tsonga and Lopez who are also playing great tennis in the first week.  They can't even give an outright comment about the court assingment debate. 

Bartoli is defintelya slugger, she may not cover the court that well but she is indeed relentless. I can still remember that semifinal match between Henin in 08', how she manage to get her way through the Finals. 

You should see the face of Davenport, Jager, Becker, McEnroe if the commentators start ones again about the Britsh players. It's good that in week 2 there is just one left , ppppffffffffffffff. 

thank GOD! co's my ears and eyes are starting to bleed, no offense to Murray he's good and all. but please with all the headlines and the inesertion of the commentators tone it down a notch.

Excellent match from Maria! Her serve and groundstroke didn't desserted her! One of her best play since round 1. 

What impresses me is her groundstrokes. She was just ripping it corner to corner without missing that much!

Impressive statistics and display of tennis from our Maria! God Bless her on her quarterfinal match against "CAROLINE WOZNIACKI/CIBULKOVA"!

MARIA SHOULD SERVE LIKE A MONSTER in this match. She definitely won't have the advantage when she get's into a long rally against Dominika. She should take control right at the first strike here. I just don't know what to expect this time'

Vika should dispose of that annoying Paszek with little trouble.

Masha & Dominika are 2-2 but remember: that is ALL on CLAY. 

http://www.wtatennis.com...va_2255881_9499/0,,12781~9499~12135,00.html 

Now this grass advisor Volchkov may earn his pay. 

I agree Lisicki has been playing well. But now understanding how tenuous is her mental balance, I assume Marion will come through.

I wrote 11 days ago:

Originally Posted by: paul_pipkin

Upside is that Masha knows Wimbledon more intimately than anyone save the sisters. Might surprise some, but IMO the most serious grass threat (at this time) on your list is Bartoli...

I can't believe Marion did it. Congrats to her and to Maria. Now these two are destined to meet in the semi. I don't think Cibulkova and Lisicki are able to stop them from playing their semifinal.

In the other half, the road to the final is straight for Viki.

Could be an all-Russian final, if Belarus is considered as part of the Great Russia.

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For princess Caroline WTA#1 Wozniacki, it sounds like she will never reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon

and will never win a GS. Will it make her more humble?

Originally Posted by: M-Lover

I can't believe Marion did it. Congrats to her and to Maria. Now these two are destined to meet in the semi. I don't think Cibulkova and Lisicki are able to stop them from playing their semifinal.

In the other half, the road to the final is straight for Viki.

Could be an all-Russian final, if Belarus is considered as part of the Great Russia.

The Union State (Russian: Союзное государство, Belarusian:Саюзная дзяржава), semi-officially known as Union State of Russia and Belarus (Russian: Союзное государство России и Беларуси, Belarusian: Саюзная дзяржава Расіі і Беларусі), is a supranational entity consisting of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_State