Safina Stuns Top Seed Sharapova |
Safina Stuns Top Seed Sharapova |
zashakeel |
Oct 15 2005, 03:27 PM
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World number one Maria Sharapova crashed out of the 2.3-million-dollar Kremlin Cup joint ATP and WTA tournament in Moscow on Friday suffering a quarter-final defeat to fellow Russian Dinara Safina.
Safina, ranked 24, battled back from a set down to win 1-6 6-4 7-5 in 2hr 21min to record her first win over her top seeded opponent in their third meeting. "She didn't give me anything at the beginning," said Safina. "I was almost crying, I didn't want to lose a match like that." Sharapova, 18, looked in command from the start breaking her 19-year-old opponent twice before Safina chalked up her first point with a break. But former Wimbledon champion Sharapova restored her four-game lead with another break minutes before she took the opening set in 31 minutes. In the second Safina managed to tighten the grip under the watchful gaze of her elder brother Marat, the reigning Australian Open champion, and kept her serve until the seventh game, when Sharapova broke again. But Safina replied immediately, winning three consecutive games to level at one set all after one hour 15 minutes on court. In the third Safina was leading 5-1 after a couple of breaks but Sharapova performed a dramatic comeback and levelled at five games all after she survived a matchball in the seventh game. Safina picked up steam and took two consecutive games to win the set, the match and to earn a place in the semis. Tum mujhe yuN bhula na paogey Jab kabhi bhi sunogey GEET mere sang sang tum bhi gungunaoge[font=Verdana][size=7] |
maheshks |
Oct 15 2005, 05:37 PM
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It was really a cliff hanger. Great match.
When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others
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Sharad |
Jun 22 2006, 10:21 AM
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Dedicated Member Group: Members Posts: 2285 Joined: 21-October 03 From: Germantown, Maryland, USA Member No.: 7 |
marat's sister has sure shown improvement this year
good for her, she's a big babe! but not as volatile like her big brothaaa |
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