Percy896's Tennis Forum

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Venus lost in the first round of the Australian Open, and Serena is now ranked 39th in the world. Without any "if's" and "but's" how well do you think they will be able to do this year?
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J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:36 am Post subject:

wow serena down to 39 in the world Shocked

they could always surprise us theose willam sisters, but i don't think that they can win any majors. so many other players going iinto the match have alot of confidence against the willam sisters. i can't see them winning any majors they year. they will get beat by lowly ranked players
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dav6789 · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

They desperately need to practice more and get some matchplay. They cant just walk onto the court and win anymore, they now have to work very hard. They should train very hard and prepare for Miami, where they are both 3-times champions. Then , they need to have an easy clay-court season (just a few tournaments), and have a good showing at their best event, Wimbledon. Serena needs to get fitter, Venus needs more confidence and matchplay...

J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject:

i agree. serena despretley needs to shed some pounds. but i think most importantly for both of the sisters is that they need to work on their game. the make way to many unforced errors in matches.
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x.doublea · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject:

Mats Wilander put it perfectly: "Their passion for tennis is gone. The passion for winning might still be there, but that's not enough."
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J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject:

mats is right. and people have been saying that for sometime now
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x.doublea · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject:

Wilander's making some really good observations as the tennis analyst for Eurosport.
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J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject:

i hope he heads over to ESPN for some analyst.
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x.doublea · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject:

Probably won't because ESPN already has its prolific crowd. You can still catch his anaylises on Eurosport.com.
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J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:00 pm Post subject:

that's cool. i should check it out.
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x.doublea · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject:

Eurosport has really good highlights and interviews. Very thourough and complete, although they skip some highlights sometimes. If you have a streaming video saving program, you can even save the videos as a .wmv file if you want to keep it in your computer.
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J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:01 pm Post subject:

yeah i remeber on CP someone posted a link for eurosport tennis and they had great streaming videos
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x.doublea · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject:

It's better than the ESPN streaming videos- half of them don't work properly and are very poor in visual quality.
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J-man · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject:

oh well. it shows that htey really don't take the time to improve their tennis links on the site Sad

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x.doublea · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:22 pm Post subject:

They spend most of their time on football, basketball, and baseball (???).

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