Sharapova v Chakvetadze

[The Grand Slam]

Road To The Quarterfinals
Maria Sharapova [1] (RUS)
--- R1: Camille Pin (FRA) 6-3, 4-6, 9-7
--- R2: Anastassia Rodionova (RUS) 6-0, 6-3
--- R3: Tathiana Garbin [30] (ITA) 6-3, 6-1
--- R4: Vera Zvonareva [22] (RUS) 7-5, 6-4

Anna Chakvetadze [12] (RUS)
--- R1: Sybille Bammer (AUT) 6-4, 7-5
--- R2: Laura Granville (USA) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
--- R3: Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO) 6-4, 6-4
--- R4: Patty Schnyder [8] (SUI) 6-4, 6-1


Head-To-Head
Sharapova leads; 2-0.
--- 2005: Roland Garros [CLAY] (R32) Sharapova won 6-1, 6-4
--- 2005: Los Angeles [HARD] (R16) Sharapova won 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
--- 2006: Moscow [CARPET] (QF) Chakvetadze won; 0-0 (walkover)

 

[Tennis Man]

Chakvetadze has no chances .... IMHO

 

[OrangeOne]

On serve 2-1 Chakva in the first set. I've had enough of watching Sharapova. Completely enough. I don't know if Chakva can win this, but I sure as hell hope she does.

 

[Arrows]

I vote Chakvetadze 2-1. I agree with OrangeOne, I think that Sharapova's game is completely 1-dimensional, and it hasn't grown at all throughout this tournament.

Chakvetadze just broke Sharapova's serve to lead 5-3, but Sharapova just got the break back.

So it's 5-4, Chakvetadze leading.

 

[tennis_hand]

please dump out the shriekpova, so we all can have a quieter final.

 

[Ronaldo]

On serve 2-1 Chakva in the first set. I've had enough of watching Sharapova. Completely enough. I don't know if Chakva can win this, but I sure as hell hope she does.

Yeah, send Maria to the runway and a cameo on Ugly Betty

 

[Bones08]

Anna served for the set, and got broke.

 

[OrangeOne]

One-dimensional, screaming, (at least one incident of) gamesmanship, and can't hit a regulation volley to save her life.

If it wasn't for Shriekapova's serve, this set would have already been over in favour of Chakva. To me, Chakva looks a better version of Camille Pin, and Cammile almost removed Maria a week ago...

 

[Ronaldo]

And stinkin' ESPN cannot show this LIVE, whatupwitdat!

 

[Sagittar]

sharapova will win eventually though she seems not too confident tonight ..

 

[Gingerbread Cookie]

The UE count must be in the hundreds for both women. Why is it that insomnia strikes when there's no decent tennis on? On serve at the moment or rather they have both been broken an equal number of times.

 

[oscar_2424]

Sharapova in 3 sets.

 

[Gingerbread Cookie]

Has Sharapova dumped Roddick and started hanging out with Nadal? She seems to be taking an awfully long time before serving.

 

[mdjenders]

This is painful to watch. Sharapova has no idea how to play smart tennis. She just wastes break points by pounding the first ball into the net all the time.

 

[Gingerbread Cookie]

Oooh warning to Shara for coaching. And the Eurosport commentators are saying that the crowd started laughing at her shrieking so she's shut up.

Am I the only one watching this?

 

[OrangeOne]

No, regrettably I'm watching it too. And now she takes a tactical injury timeout, what better time to take a rest than 4-3 up in the set, catch her breath, rehydrate, and come out triply-fresh to try and break.

ScreamaCheataPova.

 

[Baghdatis72]

Sharapova to win 2-1

 

[Gingerbread Cookie]

No, regrettably I'm watching it too. And now she takes a tactical injury timeout, what better time to take a rest than 4-3 up in the set, catch her breath, rehydrate, and come out triply-fresh to try and break.

ScreamaCheataPova.

And she does - mind you Anna helped quite a bit

 

[The Grand Slam]

Shriekapova serving for the match.

 

[jaggy]

Hopefully she blows it but then it would last longer.

 

[Gingerbread Cookie]

Shriekapova serving for the match.

and making a hash of it

 

[OrangeOne]

Now *that's* a volley.

 

[Baghdatis72]

Haha Chakvetadze breaks back!

Moneypova's going down.

 

[Gingerbread Cookie]

Did that serve just bounce before the net????

 

[jaggy]

5-5 now, getting....................interesting?

 

[OrangeOne]

Chakva decides to bring it, after saving a MP. Nice. Now if only she's got two sets of this kind of effort...

 

[Ronaldo]

How r u watching this LIVE?

 

[Dho4001]

Chakvetadze almost had it

 

[OrangeOne]

How r u watching this LIVE?

On TV........

 

[Ronaldo]

Maria bites

 

[Ronaldo]

On TV........

Found it for the last game, streaming

 

[mentalcase]

I can't stand Maria and her daddy!

 

[M1KE]

I'm really impressed by Chakvetadze's game. It's much more interesting and graceful than Sharapova's. She's still young, hopefully she has some grand slams ahead of her.

 

[danhtuhoc]

I think Anna Chakvetadze lost because she wore a hat, a necklace and ear-rings. If all tennis players were to refrain from wearing a hat and jewellery on court, then tennis would be a more exciting game to watch and participate in :idea:

 

[Marius_Hancu]

I can't stand Maria and her daddy!

She herself is getting better: less of that "singing/spoiled girld" voice in her interviews.

 

[Cindysphinx]

I'm really impressed by Chakvetadze's game. It's much more interesting and graceful than Sharapova's. She's still young, hopefully she has some grand slams ahead of her.

Oh, I wasn't impressed at all.

She can't put away the ball at the net, even with an overhead. Goodness, how hard is it to hit an angle? Even I can put away an overhead at the net, so you know it can't be that hard.

She is afraid to go for a winner. She is afraid to come to net. She just hoped to hand around long enough to sneak into the semis of a major. Yes, Sharapova was sloppy, but Chak~~~~~ engaged in no shot-making.

It was a painful match to watch. I'm just glad I didn't have to endure three sets of it.

 

[Grimjack]

Anna served for the set, and got broke.

Keep your racist rhetoric to yourself, plz.