Comments on: Sloppy Sharapova Struggles in 2007 Australian Open Debut

By: Venusfan

Venusfan — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:25:32 +0000

Thanks for welcoming me! thats real nice! lol.

By: Brant

Brant — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:08:34 +0000

Sure did… wooo

By: Aaress

Aaress — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:32:45 +0000

You definitely got your money’s worth yesterday Brant!

Did you sit through Lleyton’s five setter too?

By: Aaress

Aaress — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:30:08 +0000

Sorry, Nexty, my bad – I thought you meant Pin’s current ranking.

She did end the 2006 season outside of the top seventy at No. 76.

By: Brant

Brant — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:28:48 +0000

GAH! Sharapova’s match almost killed me I was SOO nervous! And it felt like most of the crowd wanted Pin to win… so naturally, me and my mates went crazy yelling for Maria. SO GLAD SHE WON!

By: Nexty

Nexty — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:26:58 +0000

Yeah and that’s quite sad….
I thought she endend the year at 77…sorry :p

By: Aaress

Aaress — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:08:31 +0000

Nexty,

Pin’s at No. 62 right now, just a step back from her career high of No. 61.

I had a chance to look at the serve stats for yesterday’s match and my hunch was confirmed; her fastest serve during all three sets was just around 85-86 MPH or 138 KPH.

Like the article you mentioned said, she’s been on the Tour for a long time, and like Bremond, she’s a late bloomer, but I’m not convinced that she’s going to get much higher on the rankings because of that serve.

Venusfan – Welcome to On the Baseline! Thanks for joining in the conversation!

By: Nexty

Nexty — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:30:50 +0000

I know…I woke up too late!
I’m quite sad for Camille :(…I guess she really deserved…By the way, i was reading an article in a frenche tennis magazine that talked about late french revelations like sevrine Bremon or Marc gicquel or who ever…
camille was one of them..and when she was young she was really the best of her categorie… so i think that thing about the serve has something to do with her actual ranking ( i think she’s 77 no?)……
may be it’s not the case, I haven’t seen her playing that much but something that i really noticed was that she cannot serve that fast..The rest of her game is as far as i noticed, correct

By: Venusfan

Venusfan — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:38:49 +0000

I agree with what you said about gamesmanship Jayasree. That is the main reason i’m NOT a Sharapova fan. I really wanted her to lose today to teach her a lesson for being so arrogant and only playing an exhibition tourney to warm up. Serena to win! (in my dreams)

By: Jayasree

Jayasree — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:40:19 +0000

Heat or not, changing your racket when your opponent is serving at 30-15 for the match is gamesmanship in my book…this isn’t the first time Maria has succumbed to gamesmanship, either, so I’m not willing to let it go. Congrats, Maria, but neither should the #1 seed be stretched so far in a first round match, nor should she succumb to such gamesmanship. Take a page out of Roger’s book for the proper sportsmanship as a top player, please.