As promised:D from hingis.org.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Hingis 3rd round Rogers Cup pics
All pics from hingis.org, more pics to come tomorrow;). I forgot to mention yesterday I love this orange outfit:).
Hingis through to the quarters at Rogers Cup
Now that's what I'm talking about! the master is back at work.:D I don't know what happened to her on Tuesday but that was not Hingis, this was more like her. I could tell right from the first couple of games she was going to play better.
One indication was she chased down a lot more balls, of course that could have been because the other player didn't have as deep a shot as Hingis's previous opponent but still much more impressive. Most importantly of all her variety was back drop shots, volley's, and some amazing cross courts. This is what was completely missing on Tuesday.
And I think one other thing Martina did better in this match is anticipate her opponents shots. I think that's what truly won her the match. Through her anticipation she made some incredible shots, it was wonderful to watch. This was a fully entertaining match. Much better then most I've seen so far, except for maybe Nicole Pratt yesterday.
Martina seemed much more focused today and really on her game. She only had about 8 or 9 unforced errors and was able to convert on the most important points. Although closing out the match took a little longer, took her 2 times before she was able to serve it out. She was leading 5/1 and her opponent broke her to get back to 5/4 where Martina finally served it out 6/4.
The first set was quite long with both players holding their serve for most of it. Martina broke Hantuchova at 3 all but Hantuchova broke right back. She was leading 4/5 and 40 love, then made 4 unforced errors in a row allowing Hingis to save set point and take the next 2 games winning the first set 7/5.
Again very nice match much cleaner then the one on Tuesday. I'm sure even Martina is a lot more happy with this performance. So now Hingis goes on to face Svetlana Kuznetsova tomorrow night.
That's gonna be one hell of a match. I think Hingis will have to bring her game up another notch to win it, but tonight was a step in the right direction. All the best to her tomorrow, I have a feeling it'll be a toughie.
Oh, and a little update on Kim apparently the injury she had is not the same she had surgery on. She tore a different ligament, there will be further tests run and she'll give the final word on whether or not she'll play at the U.S. Open in about a weeks time.
One indication was she chased down a lot more balls, of course that could have been because the other player didn't have as deep a shot as Hingis's previous opponent but still much more impressive. Most importantly of all her variety was back drop shots, volley's, and some amazing cross courts. This is what was completely missing on Tuesday.
And I think one other thing Martina did better in this match is anticipate her opponents shots. I think that's what truly won her the match. Through her anticipation she made some incredible shots, it was wonderful to watch. This was a fully entertaining match. Much better then most I've seen so far, except for maybe Nicole Pratt yesterday.
Martina seemed much more focused today and really on her game. She only had about 8 or 9 unforced errors and was able to convert on the most important points. Although closing out the match took a little longer, took her 2 times before she was able to serve it out. She was leading 5/1 and her opponent broke her to get back to 5/4 where Martina finally served it out 6/4.
The first set was quite long with both players holding their serve for most of it. Martina broke Hantuchova at 3 all but Hantuchova broke right back. She was leading 4/5 and 40 love, then made 4 unforced errors in a row allowing Hingis to save set point and take the next 2 games winning the first set 7/5.
Again very nice match much cleaner then the one on Tuesday. I'm sure even Martina is a lot more happy with this performance. So now Hingis goes on to face Svetlana Kuznetsova tomorrow night.
That's gonna be one hell of a match. I think Hingis will have to bring her game up another notch to win it, but tonight was a step in the right direction. All the best to her tomorrow, I have a feeling it'll be a toughie.
Oh, and a little update on Kim apparently the injury she had is not the same she had surgery on. She tore a different ligament, there will be further tests run and she'll give the final word on whether or not she'll play at the U.S. Open in about a weeks time.
Kim Clijsters out of the U.S. Open:(
Well, Kim had an MRI today and unfortunately it's been announced she's not playing at the U.S. Open or the Fed Cup this year. And she's out of commission for at least the next two months.
Here is an article confirming it.
Here is an article confirming it.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Kim Clijsters out of Rogers Cup!
I was just watching the Kim Clijsters match with Canadian Stephanie Dubois and a shocking thing occurred Kim injured her left wrist. She had it taped and continued to play, during one point she fell on her injured wrist and had to retire. This is the same wrist she had surgery on in June of 2004.
This is terrible for Kim, I feel so sorry for her. With the U.S. Open only two weeks away there will be lots of question marks and whether she can recover and is able to play. So now with her out the field is really open for anyone to take the title.
Of course I would love for Hingis to take it but she's really gonna have to raise the level of her game for that to happen. And tomorrow will be a really tough match for her playing Hantuchova.
Again I'm just so sorry for Clisjster she is one of my other favourite players aside from Hingis and she's been having such a good year. I would hate for this to ruin her career and be the reason for her retirement.
TSN will have a post match conference with Kim as it becomes available I'm gonna try to catch it and see what Kim has to say.
Here is a Yahoo article related to Kim's injury:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/16082006/3/sports-clijsters-bows-rogers-cup.html
This is terrible for Kim, I feel so sorry for her. With the U.S. Open only two weeks away there will be lots of question marks and whether she can recover and is able to play. So now with her out the field is really open for anyone to take the title.
Of course I would love for Hingis to take it but she's really gonna have to raise the level of her game for that to happen. And tomorrow will be a really tough match for her playing Hantuchova.
Again I'm just so sorry for Clisjster she is one of my other favourite players aside from Hingis and she's been having such a good year. I would hate for this to ruin her career and be the reason for her retirement.
TSN will have a post match conference with Kim as it becomes available I'm gonna try to catch it and see what Kim has to say.
Here is a Yahoo article related to Kim's injury:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/16082006/3/sports-clijsters-bows-rogers-cup.html
Martina Hingis 2nd round Rogers Cup pics pt.1
Martina raising her fist in victory after winning 7/5 7/6
Hingis getting coaching lessons from mom and coach Melanie Molitor
As promised these are the pics from last nights match, finally got them to work with Firefox. As always all pics are from hingis.org.
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