Marat Safin Forum

Vera is in semis & will play Azarenka.

Igor Andreev lost to Ljubicic ..
That was an awesome match! Igor had so many break points - 10 !! in a 2nd set to win the match in straight sets, but lost it on a tie-break.
Then, he had 5 Match Points at 6:5, and against lost 3rd set on a tie-break..

He played so well, but did not convert a singe break point after 1st set..Ljubicic would serve 'big' or an ace when he needed to..

Anyway, just two Russian standing - Zvonareva & Pavluchenkova who has to beat Radwanska today to get to semis.

Good luck !

Pavluchenkova beat Radwanska and will face Ivanovic today.

Good luck to her - maybe it'll be all-Russian Final

Go Pavlusckenkova...Davai!

Pavluchenkova just lost to Ivanovic 2:6, 3:6
But, it was a great run for this 17-year old girl, her first semi-final of big WTA tournament !

So, it will be up to Vera now to win this title ! Best of luck to her !

wish she wins although i had wished more for Dinara Safina to get through to the finals!! It will be only a matter
of time when Marats Esteemed Sister becomes Number One!!

Had great luck in meeting her by chance in Oz 09 . Regal, charistmatic, with an aristocratic bearing.

Vera Zvonareva beat Ivanovic !!

Not only she won singles title , but doubles as well with Azarenka !

Congrats to Vera, great job !

Well, we knew about Sharapova pulling out of Miami..

Now, Kolya Davydenko withdrew with leg infection..poor guy, was doing so well at the end of 2008..
He is a defending champion, beating Roddick & Nadal in straight sets last year !

Now, he will lose a 1000 points, and will probably fall out of top 10 for the first time in 5 years...

Well done to Vera!
It was a very tough match - it was so windy. However, she showed more concentration and won the important points, so a well-deserved win for her!

As for Miami. Well, Sharapova hasn't played for ages.. it's not so surprising for her missing that one too. But for Davydenko, I didn't know (thanks for the info, Natasha =)).. and it's sad, because he's losing a lot of points and won't even have the chance to defend his title. Anyway, I believe that when he is ok, he can enter the top 10 again.

We have our 4 girls in top half - Dinara, Sveta Kuznetsova, Lena Dementieva & Anna Chakvetadze.
There is a good chance to have a Russian come out a winner of this half & go to a Final !

On a botton half, Vera Zvonareva might have to figth both Williams sisters to get to a Final.

I wish all girls good luck, but I do want Dinara to make it to the Final !

Good 2 days for Russians!

Youzhny beat Chardy in 3 sets! Gabashvilli beat Bolleli in 3 sets as well !

Maria Kirilenko, Nastya Pavluchenkova, Kudryavseva, Makarova won too !

Busy day for us tomorrow!

Marat, Dima Tursunov, Youzhny, Dinara, Lena Dementieva, Sveta Kuznetsova, Anna Chakvetadze

Good luck to all !

Good Day for Russians so far !

Marat, Dima Tursunov, Dinara, Lena Dementieva, Sveta Kuznetsova, Chakvetadze, Kleybanova all won !

Igor Andreev, Nadya Petrova & Makarova won today !

Igor Kunitsyn is playing Gonzalez now..
Gaba will take on Nadal in evening match..

Dinara lost to Stosur 1:6, 4:6..
When she was down 2 breaks in a 2nd set, I thought it was over, but she gor 2 breaks back to lose her serve again..
I was surprised - Dinara had 3:0 H2H...I think Dinara is struggling right now...

I wish her good luck in next tournaments !

Dima Tursunov lost to Roddick 6:7 (9:11), 2:6..

Very tough 1st set, and Dima played well, but did not have his 1st serve at all ! when you play Roddick, you gotta have good 1st serve %..

And 2nd set, unfortunately, I knew that Dima would most likely lose - I've watched his matches too many times to notice that against a tough opponent, Dima needs to win 1st set to have a chance to win a match..

So, with Dima, Kunitsyn & Gabashvilli having lost, we have 2 Russian guys standing - Marat & Igor Andreev !
On girls' side - Lena Dementieva & Sveta Kuznetsova won, and Azarenka beat Chakvetadze

okay, Russians are falling like apples from trees...

last guy standing was Igor Andreev, and he just lost to Wawrinka in 3 sets..
Lena Dementieva lost to Wozniaki, Nadya Petrova to E. Makarova.

So, we have 2 left - Sveta Kuznetsova & Makarova - good luck to both of them !

Sveta Kuznetsova beat Wozniaki in 3 sets.

By the way, Sveta won 1st set, and was 5:2 up in a 2nd, serving for match, and could not do it - twice, like Marat, lost both her serves & the set went to a tie-break, and Sveta lost..But, she came back strong to win 3rd 6:1 !

I did not watch the match, just the score board, so at 5:5 I was like "this can not be happening..did Sveta talk to Marat before this match or something? he-he.."

And, Vika Azarenka absolutely destroyed Stosur 6:1, 6:0 !

So, Sveta & Vika will play for a place in a Final !