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I've seen Sharapova smacking her racquet on the ground, and in more recent years you can see her want to smash the racquet when she gets frustrated. You never really see the same reaction style from Rafa when he's frustrated.

Azarenka was dominant. The way she slaughtered the competition at the beginning of 2012 was incredible. If she can get healthy again then she'll be a strong candidate.

Caro, definitely. I like the girl, but she was a terrible No.1. I wouldn't class Safina in the same ranks. Safina was a total beast, but her head got to her. She fell down the ranks so fast because she had a fracture in her back.

Fed has the best footwork. They showed his footwork at Wimbledon once and it was like a dance. Sometimes he can look sluggish though. Nadal is faster, obviously. He isn't the most fluid though, hence the knee injuries. Novak has the best court coverage. Like Nadal, he can get to many things...

Sharapova beat Azarenka in their last match, and took a set off her at the USO (which she then lost...) and her last match against Serena was the most games she had won in a while.

Both of their serves are horrifically inconsistent, and awful when off. Ivanovic is more careful than Sharapova on second serves which is why her DF count is on average less than Maria's. Overall though, I think Sharapova has the better serve simply because she's far more consistent (reaching...

Sharapova and Clijsters appear to be friendly at Wimbledon this year: Not the first time either (AO 2010):

It looked alright on Nadal cause his arms were bigger. JMDP and Tomic, for example, looked like idiots cause their arms are much slimmer and their bodies much thinner.

Not sure about that one, but another fun fact about the match is that Stosur "won" the match twice, but Kirilenko challenged both calls and the calls were reversed, thus the match carried on.

I think that happened to Isner at some point (possibly FO this year, where he drew Nadal) The seeds are placed and then the draw randomly picks who goes where else. I've seen qualifiers face each other before. I think a qualifier spot is placed, and then there's a separate draw when...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urKjsWT0ny4&feature=related Another YouTube video on blue clay, with subtitles.

Nole's was stronger in my opinion. Everyone can play on hardcourts pretty much, clay is more of a specialist court so not everyone can play well on it.

She severed a ligament or something like that, and when she went back to training she went back too early and reaggravated the injury. Then there was the blood clot debacle.

Hirarious.

I thought it was a pretty stupid dance anyway. I like her personality and I think she's a fine player, but that dance was just stupid.

I really like it. It's a nice blue colour and it makes a change from the same red clay we constantly see. I'm all for it. It looks awesome.

I know that on the WTA, Schiavone and Stosur faced each other in the first round of the 2009 French Open, then faced each other a year later in the final, but that's the closest kind of example I can think of.

They could have a time limit like they do at Wimbledon where play stops at 11pm (or whatever it is). I'd like to see the clay under the lights, it'd be awesome. Besides, postponing awesome and long matches because of darkness totally kills the atmosphere when they restart them the next day...

I don't like her that much. She's the epitome of what people complain about - a ball basher. Her point celebrations are annoying as she sounds like a dog and barks on opponents errors. When she's not on, she's actually disgusting to watch. She might win a major, but she might just crash and burn...

She had two stress fractures in her back, as well as a ruptured muscle. That's an incredibly bad injury, and she obviously has yet to fully recover mentally.

I personally don't see what's so wrong with travelling business or first class anyway. It doesn't make anyone any more modest or any less modest. My dad travels business all the time, it doesn't make my dad pretentious. Even if Rafa had said "I travel business class on short trips, and first...

Yes, because a wrist injury is much worse than being stabbed in the back. :rolleyes:

Hardcourts - Federer Clay - Nadal Grass - Nadal Hardcourts - Wozniacki/Clijsters Clay - Stosur (yes Schiavone won the FO, but Stosur won Charleston, F in Stuttgart and F at the French) Grass - Serena

It's Group A winner vs. Group B runner up and Group A runner up vs. Group B winner. The winner is generally the person who has won the most matches, but it sometimes comes down to who has won the most sets or games.

She's smarter with scheduling, but she's not a better athlete. Rafa will play his all in every tournament, she conserves energy thus preventing injury. Obviously she's out with the torn tendon right now, but that wasn't caused by tennis. She had a bad leg injury earlier this year, but she didn't...

He gets enough coverage at Wimbledon, don't you think?

Get past Sharapova, Clijsters and possibly Azarenka. They've all been in fine form recently. People who have seen Sharapova practicing say that she's evidently healed and that she looks like she'll be playing well for the Open. Clijsters just won Cincy and reached QF at Montreal, Azarenka won...

She never officially retired, but like Capriati, and Seles in her early retirement she stopped playing tennis without mention of an official retirement. She does tennis commentary for Russian television, there was a lot of mention of her at the French Open this year. She gave birth to a child in...

Kuznetsova and Safina might look unattractive on court, but I think they can clean up quite well Stepanek and Delpo are the ugliest men. Schiavone, Amanmuradova, Kudryavsteva and Srebotnik are quite unattractive.

He's a bit of a headcase. He fell to Verdasco at the French after Verdasco started with the injuries and taking his time. I find he'll generally take a set off a top player, but more often than not, he won't win another set.