Oh.My.God. Who cares about tennis when Cheryl Bernard is playing? Well, I don’t but it did help me in the second weeks as the provincials weren’t on tv, all we have was the livescore so, long live to tennis who help me control my nerves. But have you watch the skins? Men, you should have, the girls gave the boys a scare.
By the way, my girls lost in Semi in the Provincials, gee, I wanted them so much to win. Everything happens for a reason, it sucks big time because of what was at stake, but I believe Cheryl will come around, like she always has. GO team Bernard GO. Visit my Cheryl Bernard page if you want more details.
Ok, right, tennis *focus val*: I won’t remember the final much between Clijsters and Li, but I will always remember the third set of THE fourth round match between Francesca Shiavone and Svetlana Kuznetsova, in which the Italian prevailed 6-4, 1-6, 16-14. The longest match of the women tennis history, four hours forty four minutes and there was no small rallies, there were long and tough points. The 2 women left their heart and soul on the court that day, and I didn’t wanted any of them to lose. :(
I just hope now, that Svetlana will pull herself together, because she had played great tennis on that tournament, beating Justine Henin in 2 sets. That is surely disappointing to lose a match like that but she is so close to be the champion she could be. She is probably one of the most talented girl out there, she just need to believe.
So yeah, in Sydney, Kim was worried about her first round match so much that she had to prove that she worked on it: she didn’t leave any game to Safina, 6-0, 6-0 and she didn’t loss any set during the tournament until the final, despite the fact that she lost her focus more then once, just to tell you that the girl has something more than there other.
For those who hope for a return of Ivanovic, you’ll have to hope longer: she lost in the first round. Sharapova played with fire until she burned herself, as she went on losing to Petkovic, the green dancer. Still, no surprise there. It’s not like we didn’t know that she was outdated.
Remember Jovanovski? Well, she made a 6-2 to Zvonerava, and then, she lost the court and the match. Since we are talking about the Russian, well, there is not much to say after that, she did her little things and managed to make it to the semi, but then she was no match for a Kim without mercy.
Samantha Stosur: please carry your brain on the court with you, you could be number one in the world if you knew all the things you could do. Well, she lost the scary Kvitova, it’s not like she lost to a school kid, but still, that was disappointing not just for me, but for all the Aussie who was hoping, with reasons, for a title. Oh Sam! Next year, perhaps?
And Kvitova was hard on my favorites has she defeated Flavia Pennetta. Not that I believe that Flavia could win the tournament, but she had a chance for a semi here. Well, the beautiful Italian and her double partner, Gisela Dulko won the double, so, that was comforting at the end.
Radwanska was surprising, she made a quart. All sort of thing happen to her this week: everybody who followed the tournament saw that time when her racket head went flying around, but what you may not know is that she was injured and hadn’t play for a long while. They were only 1% of chance that she could play this tournament so, congrats for this quart Aga.
Did a forget someone? Oh yeah, the Dane with many teeth. I swear, if Shiavone wouldn’t have been so tired of all those hours of tennis, she would have beat Wozniacki: her game is more elaborate and if she had her usual rhythm, that wouldn’t even have last 3 sets.
Anyone else? Oh, right, Jankovic *roll eyes* Dear Jelena, I know what is wrong with you, your coach knows it too, most of your fans knows what is wrong with you, if you’d just bother to ask, we’ll tell you. Oh right, they’ve told you, you just didn’t listen to. Your bad, you have so much talent. I believe in time, you will find it again, I just hope you won’t run out of it.
A word on the runner-up: I never really like the Chinese because she always beat the player I like, but that tells you one thing: she is one great player and has a very nice personality. 2 thumbs up for the Li Na: she knows that life offers opportunities and we have to seize them.
I was kinda of hoping that she will be able to pull the same trick she had in Sydney against Kim, and I thought she would for a moment: Kim seems flat and not that confidante but at the end of the second set, I don’t know, something happened, and Kim suddenly became the Champion and even thought Li’s fuel tank seem empty, I am not sure she could have done something to stop Kim to win this: they were no bunnies left in the hat.
Ok, make no mistake, the Australian open got a very nice Champion.
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