Georges for the winner!

Yeah Bobby thanks for the attention given to the ladies,I haven't paid too much attention to Memphis,blaming it on Dubai's field and Sloane being eliminated early along with Madison Keys.

Bobby I like the parallel of the bouquet catching,you're brilliant,lovely indeed!

"When someone waxes poetic about this shot I usually start thinking about dinner or the last episode of ‘Revenge’."

this line made me smile, Bobby. In feeling that way, you have a kndred soul in me. Now, my "excuse" is that, mainly because of my age and maybe because I spent my early youth in the (British) West Indies, when I was growing up, EVERYBODY had a one-handed backhand. Our gym teachers would have killed us if we dared to put 2 hands on the racket except for when we waiting to receive serve. What's your excuse? LOL

But seriously, the advantage of not going into rhapsodies at the sight of almost any OHBH, as some folk do, allows me to appreciate the really good (and, yes, beautiful) ones as opposed to those that make me think of a violent backhanded slap to head delivered by some terrible parent.

Aube: I really want to see Madison Keys begin to do better in regular WTA events. She has a very strong and beautiful game, and she's won a couple of those wild card to the Slams contests (Diane and I saw her win the AO 2012 one in Atlanta); but she's still quite young, so we'll have to be patient, I suppose.

Saturday Order of Play

ATP: Marseille started at 8 AM - Tsonga vs Del Potro
WTA: Dubai at 10 AM - Julia Goerges vs Agnieszka Radwanska
ATP: Marseille at 10 AM - Tipsarevic vs Llodra
ATP: Memphis at Noon - Melzer vs Stepanek
ATP: Buenos Aires at 3 PM - Wawrinka vs Almagro followed by Ferrer vs Nalbandian
ATP: Memphis at 4 PM - Raonic vs Becker
WTA: Monterrey at 5 PM - Babos vs Errani followed by Arn vs Cadantu
WTA: Memphis at 8 PM - Marina Erakovic vs Sofia Arvidsson

Indeed Ruth,I have a very good feeling about her,I watch her beat Serena once on those friendly games at World Team Tennis,she was awesome and her smile contagious!

I also wish for Sloane a good carreer and much success!

Julia Goerges serving to begin the match with Agnieszka Radwanska

Kader Nouni is chair umpire

yeah Kader Nouni aka Barry White,women griot...

bring it on ladies,I want a great match with my awesome breakfast and double caffe latte!

Morning folks,

I really want Aggie to win this one ...

15-40 for Agnieszka as Julia FH long
30-40 Julia FH winner (1-2 combo)
Agnieszka breaks as she hit CC FH for winner

Agnieszka serves 1-0

Morning Lynne,I think it will be nice for her climbing curb,right?

Agnieszka consolidates the break with ace at T. Julia serves 0-2

While Marseille go 3 as Tsonga takes TB 11-9

Yes, it would,Aube. Mind you, I haven't quite forgiven her for mouthing off about Vika yet, but I never bear a grudge !

40-40 Julia DF
A-40 Julia FH swinging volley winner coming to net behind I/O FH
Julia holds(rallying from 0-30) as Agnieszka BH return sails long

Agnieszka serves 2-1

you're wonderful Lynne, bearing grudge is not good

C'mon, Aggie.

Hey all. Terrific post, Bobby.

Nice BH DTL winner for Radwanska to go 3-1 up.

for some reason ,anytime I open this thread I see Jankovic on the picture,anybody seen a resemblance or is it I have sympathy lately for JJ's attemps to come back in full form?

oops meant -attempt-

Julia beginning to connect with her FH

amazing amount of aces Aggie is raking in lately,free points good for her style!

4 aces as of now for Agnieszka so far as she holds again. Julia serves 2-4

ohhhh Goerges let go of the ball and it dropped in,bad judgement...

13-12 Julia 8-2 Agnieszka W/UFEs - Agnieszka serves 4-3

what a well-played half-set between jule and aga. pleasant surprise.

Love Radwanska's lobs.

I like full force Goerges,bammmmmmmmmmmmm!

average FH speed:
jule 125 kph.
aga 95 kph.

heh.

how do you call out such an "in ball"?

Back on serve!

30-40 for Julia as she hit FH winner(???) as my stream froze
40-40 Julia BH long
A-40 Julia BH long
40-40 Julia FH return too hot for Agnieszka BH - 2nd serve
*Julia 8 FH winners as her FH is 135 km*
40-A Agnieszka nets FH
Julia breaks as Agnieszka nets BH after Julia drives FH

Julia serves 4-all

this is fun.
superb volley from jule, aga with her trademark defense lob and then jule kills the difficult smash.

keep this up, ladies.

Julia hit FH winner to hold after saving 2 BPs (Agnieszka BH return long and Ace at T by Julia)

Agnieszka serves 4-5

Poils de Carotte Aggie?

Come on, Julia!

Love how Aga tries to be more aggressive, going for big return couple times, taking some risks, she's got 8 winners already, same number as Caro in long 2 sets

Caro should watch this match

hahaha my french commies just said Jo WilFried "s'est transforme en Sharapova" because he was grunting,kind of screaming!

Congrats to Juan Martin! Second final in a row, this time I hope he takes the title

Coomies to Jo-W fans

well won by delpo.
this match pretty much like their vienna final last fall, just with a different winner this time.

few more errors now creeping back into jule'S game...

Any decent streams? Mine has gone erratic after 3 or 4 games of Gooly-Aggie match grrr...

it's joy to watch full flight Julia :-)

Come on!

Terrific point for deuce there.

Aggie isup to something brilliant in the WTA,my pinky tells me! what a get and smart decisions!

Aga creates some great angles fro the winners, not row power, but she's able to find those angles...

Julia, watch those errors...

great swing volley for Juliato get another game point

running forehand Goerges?pas!

volleys awesome! very brave of you!auf ghets!,this is fun fun fun!

I told you not to run Julia,no running up forehand,can't do it 99% of the time!

Congrats to Del Potro fans, commiserations to Tsonga fans.

what was that, Julia?

Radwanska gets the break when Julia puts her volley wide.

ouch, Julia....

40-40 Agnieszka smash winner after coming to net behind FH - Julia serves 5-all
A-40 Agnieszka BH return long
40-40 Agnieszka BH winner
A-40 Julia FH winner on short BH
40-40 Julia FH long
A-40 Julia volley winner coming to net behind FH cutting off CC passing shot by Agnieszka
40-40 Julia nets FH
*This game is approaching 7 minutes*
40-A Julia FH wide
40-40 Agnieszka nets BH return
40-A Julie FH long
Agnieszka breaks as Julia FH sails wide

Agnieszka serves 6-5

those errors. shame.

may be I need to speak german for Goerges

"nunen runnen uppen forehandun",ok Goerges?

You lost this game because of your errors,bangs java cup on hard coffee table

also masharaf,
not ignoring you, but i'm watching on the eurosport player, so no help.

15-0 Agnieszka FH winner
30-0 Julia FH return long
40-0 Stream froze again
Agnieszka takes set 7-5 as Julia nets FH

Sorry masharaf, watching on Bet365.

Goerges no disrespect to Aggie who plays well within herself but those 2 lats games is called stinking up the court big time,careless errors!

*whispers to self*,she'll do better second set,

Masharaf,
I am battling stream issues myself.

Agy's playing smart, but a few 2 many weakass rally shots up the middle

hmm. rather horrendous end of the set for jule.

but mostly this was good stuff. nice contrast of styles and fun points.

2 Walls in a row might be too much for Julia...

Aga with the first set

Great scrambling, Aggie.

"rather horrendous end of the set for jule.

but mostly this was good stuff. nice contrast of styles and fun points."

+1

Julia 24-30(7/14 at net)Agnieszka 12-6 W/UFEs - set 1

W-UFE

Julia:24-30
Aga:12-6

12 winners for Aga is pretty good...

Nice set of stats for Agy

Julia has two times the winners Aga has and five (!) times the errors...

need to cut those out

changing direction when you don't have to and making the errors,not very clever with Aggie Goerges,not very clever!

40-40 Agnieszka nets FH - Agnieszka serves 7-5,0-1
A-40 Julia nets FH
Julia 22 FH UFEs
40-40 Julia FH return winner
A-40 Agnieszka BH called wide - Agnieszka challenges call and was successful
Agnieszka holds as Julia FH long - Julia challenges but to no avail

Julia serves 5-7,1-all

Sokol,
Imagine what would happen if Caroline had 12 winners in a set against Julia yesterday. If that was the case, score would be 6-3,6-4 for Caroline

Three break points nicely saved from Julia with good serves & winners.

Can't manage to save the fourth.

0-40 Julia DF
15-40 Agnieszka nets FH return
30-40 Julia FH winner
40-40 Julia volley winner coming to net behind FH
40-A Julia nets FH
Agnieszka breaks as Julia I/O FH sails wide

Agnieszka serves 7-5,2-1

Aggie is going to make life a lot tougher for heavy hitters if she gets her way this year,she's a dangeroulsy frustrating clever player!

pffft, Julia!

Well, it's been raining here for two days which i guess has something to do with my connection. Thanks anyway...

So I have to look forward now for the men's turn next week though Rafa seems no show.

I used to think of Aga as a lesser version of Caro, I'm not sure about it now...

She has a nice variety, and thinking clearly on court, and producing more winners against same opponent

I don't mind Julia at all, and in normal circumstances I'd probably show some interest in following her, but those doggoned male commies and their orgasmic utterances every time she plays drives me up a while. She's an ordinary player with a big serve and forehand. That's it. But she's also pretty and has nice gazongas, which seems to turn commentators in advance soft brains to total blithering mush.

30-40 for Agnieszka as Julia BH long - Julia serves 5-7,1-3
Julia BH called long - Julia challenges and was successful as ball was on baseline
Agnieszka breaks as Julia BH sails wide

Agnieszka serves 7-5,4-1 (2 holds and Agnieszka is behind Caroline in rankings)

Aga will be top 5 with this win? Well deserved to be there.

Long way back for Julia now.

Come on Aggie, win in 2 sets please ... I have to go out and shop soon.

manixdk,I gather if she matures more and be alittle more patient she could be a very good power player to watch...

15-40 for Julia as she hit FH winner
30-40 Agnieszka FH too hot for Julia BH - Julia challenges but to no avail
Julia breaks as she hit FH return winner on 2nd serve

Julia serves 5-7,2-4

well.
at least jule made amends for the dire AO match during the first hour today.
and she's got one of the nicest racks in the wta.

oh! gets one break back. good girl.

Humph, why can't I keep my big mouth closed !

Posted by Aube,Une hirondelle ne fait pas le pringtemps! 02/25/2012 at 10:54 AM
hahaha my french commies just said Jo WilFried "s'est transforme en Sharapova" because he was grunting,kind of screaming!

LOL

My girlfriend once entered my room while I'm watching Maria's match against Petra (AO semis) and upon hearing the sounds from my laptop (Masha's grunt as usual) she suddenly accused me of watching porn every othey day. LOL

hahah masharaf,now she's going to defend against watching Maria,is she not?

lol!

I keep telling you do not run on a attempt forehand...

Beautiful winner to save match point from Julia.

No, Aube. She's embarrassed when she saw what I was watching. :)

back to back years where good defenders won the Dubai titles!

next year I want a big babe tennis player to bag it

Congrats Aggie,well done

Commies Goerges,next time may be your turn!

Agnieszka serving for a spot at 5-4 set 2 in the Top 5 after Julia held at love

15-0 Julia nets FH as she wanted to go DTL after hitting consecutive CC FHs
15-15 Julia FH DTL winner
15-30 Agnieszka nets BH
30-30 Julia BH wide
30-40 Agnieszka BH long
40-40 Julia I/O FH return long on 2nd serve
A-40 Julia BH return long
40-40 Julia FH winner
A-40 Julia BH long
Agnieszka wins the match as Julia BH return sails long

Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Julia Goerges 7-5,6-4

CONGRATS AGNIESZKA! And I'd think that "Julia Exposed" would be any man's dream, right?

Radwanska takes it. Fun match.

Congrats to Aggie fans, commiserations to Goerges fans.

Tennis'ed out, see you all later. :)

Bye Jewell and thanks for the company!

that got a lot closer towards the end than expected.
good week for aga, well done. has maxed out very nicely over the last six months. still think she's too featherweight to win real big, but at least she's using what she's got in the best way these days.

(back to) career high rankings for both girls next week.

important sign of life from jule, needed one before the clay season i felt.
the slower courts of IW/miami might even be more to her liking than the middle east, we'll see.

Congrats to Aga! Welcome to top 5

Commies to Julia

anyone has final stats?

Well deserve, Aggie but still hard for me to root for you since USO 2007 hehehe...

Rats! I missed all the fan. Unexpected visit.

Congrats to Delpo and ARad. Commies to Jo-W and Julia.

Manix,
I just read your question on the other thread but as I didn't watch I don't know who the Dutch commentator was. Man or Woman?

ack to) career high rankings for both girls next week."

Aga was 5 before? I forgot I guess, then welcome back, Aga ))