Russian Armada Limps to Port!

Greetings sailors! Except for good ship Sharapova, the once upon a time legendary Russian tennis flotilla is looking like salvage junk these days. The Belgians and Williamses and some others are fast taking control of tennis high seas. Da Zveedanya Elena, Nadia, Anastasia, Svetlana, and Vera. Clijsters yesterday treated Elena like a rusted dead in the water hull. Svetlana won the US Open?? Pinch me!
 

Aonex

Semi-Pro
Good call, Petra. Besides Sharapova, the Russians aren't looking that great this year with Serena and Venus playing much better and Kim and Justine also making comebacks. Should be an interesting year... at least the level of tennis in the grand slam finals will hopefully be better.
 
that one good ship is a helluva ship though. cljisters bounced myskina, elana. shes just is playing fantastic. Likhovtseva nearly elimated serena. myskina hasnt played well since the french. they ll be back, and theres more coming. but, half the final and favorite to win is still russian, nonetheless.
 

Jack Romeo

Professional
with myskina, you sort of know that she's beatable if the other top players are on and healthy. this is because even though she can be smart, she's not as powerful or as athletic. and she can also make mistakes. martina hingis was a similar player but she could compete better with the big hitters because she made fewer mistakes.

kuznetsova is the real disappointment this year. she's lost a lot. she hasn't beaten her peers in the top 10 for a while now. she's also lost to players like ivanovic and mirza. technically, her game is very good and she is a very strong athlete. during her us open run she was very confident too. now all that confidence seems to be gone. she's very impatient on the court unlike at the us open when she seemed to know exactly what to do.
 

FiveO

Hall of Fame
Petra Martinnen said:
Greetings sailors! Except for good ship Sharapova, the once upon a time legendary Russian tennis flotilla is looking like salvage junk these days. The Belgians and Williamses and some others are fast taking control of tennis high seas. Da Zveedanya Elena, Nadia, Anastasia, Svetlana, and Vera. Clijsters yesterday treated Elena like a rusted dead in the water hull. Svetlana won the US Open?? Pinch me!


Yes, her sister ships are foundering, but the Red October of the Russian fleet, the Sharapova, just parked itself off Florida shores. And, She poses a real threat for the foreseeable future, to what's left of America's damaged and aging Navy, as well as the rest of its NATO allies, including Belgium. As successful as her shakedown cruise has been, it seems Sharapova's full arsenal is not yet on line. And, She appears to have almost limitless weapons upgradeability into the next decade. Awesome. Unless America launches some answers from its California or Florida shipyards forthwith, the US will be relegated to a second class power in short order.

I don't think she poses a threat to France this year but may claim it as a prize in the years to come. England will probably remain under her control and then its back to Flushing Meadows in September where she will likely decimate America's tennis capital.

And the "Red October" does have a very nice.....ahem..... hull. Da?
 
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