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Archive for the ‘Maria Sharapova’ Category

January 31st, 2008

Maria Sharapova Reflects on her Trophy

After spending two and a half hours getting my car out of the snow, trying to find a place to park it, getting it stuck again and finally getting it out and landed at the liquor store, I find myself back on the couch and wondering why I got up this morning.
Considering the fact that I’m […]

By Erica -- 1 comment

January 29th, 2008

The World Tennis Rankings

I think rankings can really get in the way sometimes. As a player, if you get too caught up in where you sit in the top 10 - or the fact that you’re sitting outside the top 10 - it can take your focus off of where it really needs to be.
After the Australian Open, […]

By Erica -- 1 comment

January 27th, 2008

Australian Open 2008: The Top 10 Moments

The chips are in and the cards are down. The fortnight at the Australian Open is a closed book, but there are 10 moments from Down Under that were pretty special.
10. No Americans at the Australian Open past the quarterfinals.
I should take that back. There was one American who lost in the semifinals and that […]

By Erica -- 16 comments

January 26th, 2008

Sharapova Hoists the Trophy

I knew Maria Sharapova was going to win the Australian Open after she beat Justine Henin in the quarters. Not that there is any great super power in that. I’m sure many tennis fans worldwide were cognizant of the same thing.
But watching Sharapova take a straight-set 7-5, 6-3 victory over Ana Ivanovic in the Australian Open […]

By Erica -- 2 comments

January 22nd, 2008

Sharapova Routs Henin in Australian Open Quarters

I may not like Maria Sharapova too much, but I’m not a complete jerk and I’ll give credit where credit is due. Sharapova rolled No. 1 Justine Henin in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in a dominant 6-4, 6-0 show.
Beating the world’s No. 1 is no easy task, and Sharapova made it look like […]

By Erica -- 1 comment

January 20th, 2008

Nalbandian gone; Sharapova and Henin in quarters

Gah. Lleyton Hewitt. He won. That was me eating my words. Now let’s move on.
In other news, David Nalbandian? Cremated. Burnt toast. Hasta la pasta in three sets (6-1, 6-2, 6-3) by Juan Carlos Ferrero. and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga took out Richard Gasquet in four. Is it going to be Tsonga in the final with Roger?
For […]

By Erica -- 1 comment

January 18th, 2008

Jankovic, Sharapova, Henin move on in Australian Open

I took a break from watching reruns and when I came back to my television to watch some live 2008 Australian Open, my cable had stopped working.
What?!? You gotta be kidding me!
Oh no, it wasn’t. Thank goodness for the internet, I guess.
Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin are pretty determined to make this quarterfinal something amazing, aren’t […]

By Erica -- 0 comments

January 15th, 2008

Federer, Blake and Venus Advance

The second day of the Australian Open had its exciting moments even though it didn’t have the exit of the No. 9 men’s player Andy Murray (who now has time to focus on British team play, ironically enough).
For those who were worried (or hoping) Roger Federer might not be in top form for the Australian Open, well, he […]

By Erica -- 0 comments

January 14th, 2008

Australian Open Day 2

There’s nothing better than coming home from a day of work (a Monday day of work no less) and kicking back on the couch with a couple of pillows and flipping on coverage of the Australian Open.
WOW! I just saw an amazing point won by Marcos Baghdatis over Thomas Johansson. I can’t even describe it other […]

By Erica -- 0 comments

January 14th, 2008

Andy Murray out of Australian Open

And this is why I don’t like predicting things…because more often than not, I’m wrong!
Andy Murray, at No. 9 in the world, became the highest-ranked player to exit the Australian Open the first day. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France showed Murray how to play tennis in 7-5, 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 victory. And here I had said I would […]

By Erica -- 2 comments

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