Comments on: Adieu Paris, ‘Allo London

By: CX

CX — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:22:51 +0000

well written article! Very charismatic.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:15:10 +0000

Awesome article Tania! Can’t wait for Wimbledon!

By: pov

pov — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:05:20 +0000

If Sharapova is on her game then yeah I think she can prevail. Since AI, something had been off with her mental focus and her serve.

By: PaulaV

PaulaV — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:55:55 +0000

I think Wimbledon will be Maria’s tournament.
Dinara Safina could be a contender, but not quite sure yet if she can be a master on grass like she clearly is on clay. She made the round of 16 at Wimbledon last year in singles and doubles, and made it to the quarterfinals in 2006 in singles.

By: Aaress Lawless

Aaress Lawless — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:32:03 +0000

Yes, I just saw the news about Ivanovic too. We’ll have something posted about it soon at OTB.

By: KC

KC — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:21:05 +0000

According to her website, Ivanovic has also withdrawn from Eastbourne.

By: senthan

senthan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:26:36 +0000

good article….looking forward to Wimbledon this year, the new faces in both the mens and womens draws is going to make for exciting tennis.

By: Tania Tchea

Tania Tchea — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:44:50 +0000

Thanks Aaress… Happy to come on board!

Re lack of match play – I was just discussing this yesterday. Many top players prefer to do this nowadays – preferring their own practice regimes over any match play. Is it a wise decision? Probably not given all three had early exits in Paris and the women’s game is getting more and more competitive. However that was clay and this is grass. Serena, Venus and Maria are more than capable on the green and I don’t think it will hurt their chances – might be a bumpy ride in the first few rounds, but I think they will go on into the second week.

We can debate this til the end but champions are champions and despite having no match play… reckon they’ll be difficult to topple.

By: Aaress Lawless

Aaress Lawless — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:56:23 +0000

Hi Tania,

Thanks for joining us at On the Baseline! I’m looking forward to working with you!

Question — and this stems from a discussion I had with Jim on another post here, do you see the lack of matchplay hurting or helping Serena, Venus, and Maria’s chances at Wimbledon?

All three of them (unless they accept last-minute wild-cards into Eastbourne) plan to head into the tournament rested, but without any matches on grass.