Originally Posted by: Philli

Those of us who were commenting in Shoutbox while watching the match could see that it was nothing to do with luck. Galina outplayed Maria fair and square. Maria looked like the qualifier in the match. She played like shit. Super star my ass, super crap was more like it. At no time did she have control of the match, her fighting spirit was non existant and grunting louder didn't help either. I'm sick of all these comments like...well she's still getting over her shoulder injury...Bullshit. She was playing this bad in 2007 BEFORE the injury. Whatever excuse you want to find, it was not the wind, the noise, or the music. Her tennis was simply rubbish, that's all there was to it.

Exactly my point, Philli, didn't u read it some posts above? Agree with u..always do XXX

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Stosur & Vinci playing now. Brit Eurosport http://www.fromsportcom....v-2/12/130/v-333193.html  (ESPN2 will mostly obsess with the guys & ignore all this. Update: Just as I figured. ESPN2 spent less than five mins on the women's game then went to Montreal. )

Voskoboeva vs Azarenka up next at the top of the hour (about 40 mins)

Maybe y'all wanna just rag on Masha & ignore the upcomer (like the mouths want you to) but I am interested to--by comparison--see how Vika handles the kontraktnika's style.

Figure she'll pretty much try to bull thru with power & speed. Lezee how that works for her. 

Originally Posted by: paul_pipkin

Originally Posted by: paul_pipkin

Stosur & Vinci playing now. Brit Eurosport http://www.fromsportcom....v-2/12/130/v-333193.html  (ESPN2 will mostly obsess with the guys & ignore all this. Update: Just as I figured. ESPN2 spent less than five mins on the women's game then went to Montreal. )

Voskoboeva vs Azarenka up next at the top of the hour (about 40 mins)

Maybe y'all wanna just rag on Masha & ignore the upcomer (like the mouths want you to) but I am interested to--by comparison--see how Vika handles the kontraktnika's style.

Figure she'll pretty much try to bull thru with power & speed. Lezee how that works for her. 

Brit Eurosport filling time with replay of Galina-Masha! http://www.fromsportcom....v-2/12/130/v-333193.html 

Voskoboeva vs Azarenka starting NOW. Lynn Welch in chair.

On British Eurosport & Eurosport 2 Intl.

I'm in the Shoutbox.

Originally Posted by: Imnumber2

Victoria defeat Galina 61 62!! How sad is that for Maria!!! a score this bad in QF? very SAD!! :(

Galina was fatigued from dismissing Bartoli, Pennetta & Sharapova. :P Vika just did what she does & overwhelmed. I didn't really learn much there.

Learned more closely watching the Masha-Galina replay. See comments in Shoutbox.

Originally Posted by: sunstreet

OK maybe i´m just jumpy, but why the hell is she going about some Cole Hahn sale, as if it´s some kind of blessing? I couldn´t care less about some top of the sales flats,in my mind it´s all about Marias tennis, and that´s the bottom line. If she has to look for some stupid shoes to feel good about herself, she´s in deep shit!!!
I have supported her for her tennis, but if this thing is going to be about the bottom line, i´m gone.
Come up whit an honest comment instead of hiding away Maria, there must be so much to you, otherwise you´ve wasted a lot of hours of my life and others.
This is beneat you. Or at least i hope so, ´cause if that´s all there is to say about you, you haven´t even owned your name. And that my friend is a sorry place to be in.

Yea...This is a bit much. I understand where you're coming from, clearly still upset about her loss (as we all are). But she is a person too. I'm sure she has been more down/sad than we could ever be. She is a girl that likes fashion- its something that she does for therapy, to take her mind off of things. All she can do is go forward from here, dwelling on that disasterous match can't be good for anyone.

Originally Posted by: sunstreet

OK maybe i´m just jumpy, but why the hell is she going about some Cole Hahn sale, as if it´s some kind of blessing? I couldn´t care less about some top of the sales flats,in my mind it´s all about Marias tennis, and that´s the bottom line. If she has to look for some stupid shoes to feel good about herself, she´s in deep shit!!!
I have supported her for her tennis, but if this thing is going to be about the bottom line, i´m gone.
Come up whit an honest comment instead of hiding away Maria, there must be so much to you, otherwise you´ve wasted a lot of hours of my life and others.
This is beneat you. Or at least i hope so, ´cause if that´s all there is to say about you, you haven´t even owned your name. And that my friend is a sorry place to be in.

Don't be so harsh on Maria. Do you not think she is also suffering from the loss? She is very hard on herself and will do her best to improve in the next match. Such is life. I don't believe for one minute that she is actually enjoying herself shopping or sight seeing. She wouldn't be mentioning her sponsor's name if she was just shopping around and having fun. She is under pressure from these big guns to keep plugging their products. Because her matches have been cut short by losing she has to advertise by other means.

She has not wasted anyone's hours. She doesn't hold a gun to anyone's head. We choose to watch her play. Some of us want to support her for one reason or another. I love her fighting spirit, her tenacity and her winning shots. No matter what anyone says, I think Maria tried very hard last night. Yes, she was hitting the ball in the middle of the court a lot. My excuse for her is that she did not want to take any risk because of the strong winds. You can take risks when you are up or ahead but not when you are behind most of the time. I have faith in Maria. She will be ready for USO.