Comments on: Calm Svetlana Kuznetsova quickly beats No.1 Dinara Safina to win Roland Garros 2009

By: Maria Kirilenko dethrones Svetlana Kuznetsova at Roland Garros | Maria Kirilenko

Sat, 29 May 2010 00:46:14 +0000

[...] survived four match points against Andrea Petkovic in the second round of the French Open, but the defending champion was not as lucky in the next round and fell on the third match point by fellow Russian Maria [...]

By: Marija

Marija — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:27:40 +0000

Thank you!

By: Teerin

Teerin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:19:45 +0000

Best of luck!

By: Marija

Marija — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:35:35 +0000

Teerin, it's not funny, I'm dying here!

By: Teerin

Teerin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:29:08 +0000

By: Marija

Marija — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:25:36 +0000

Yes, I'll blog about it, it's just that I was too busy. I was translating loads of documents.

By: Teerin

Teerin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:26:17 +0000

Marija, maybe you should blog about the current AEGON Classic where Maria is competing at. She won against her first round opponent Stephanie Dubois 6-4, 6-2. Straight sets victory! Well this is grass now.

Also, Maria served 8 aces during the match which really surprised me.

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:19:30 +0000

I would like to comment on Sveta's calm behaviour during the ceremony….she has always been a very gracious loser but she proved to be an even more gracious winner…
Way to go Svetlana!

Wish Dinara could hire Carlos Rodriguez as her coach!

By: bd

bd — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:37:59 +0000

Congrats Kuznetsova. Safina still has work to do if she is to become a top tier champion.

I am a Serena fan, but I want to be objective regarding Safina. Here's my 2 cents:

- get over the opinions of other people….yes all of them. Do what you do with only you in mind. period. If that means being selfish and sometime pissing someone off, so be it. Get your head on straight and start to think of your self as a champion…work hard and remember to have fun. Find the right internal conversation with yourself that makes you feel invincible, 2nd to none. Own and control your own psychological wellness….you have to take accountability for building your mental toughness. Stop playing to please other people..fear no one (except God).
- fire your coach and hire a coach who is highly competent, calm and confident. This will counter your nervous energy and build up your self esteem. Right now,you seem to want to win to please your current coach (who is too reactive and does not instill confidence) more than doing it for you.
- role play. When preparing for every match, visualize potential scenarios that will happen on court and determine in advance how you are going to respond. Develop a positive response to every negative scenario. This way, when it happens you do not just react naturally in a negative way…you have a pre-determined response that gives you the confidence to control your behavior and respond in a way that will help you move on with the best advantage possible.

Now pay me my consulting fee!
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By: Carlos

Carlos — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:35:54 +0000

I agree, Kuznetsova's best weapon today was Dinara's nerves.

Kuzzie was able to handle Dinara's power shots by using her speed, she chased down Dinara's shots and returned them. Dinara could not over power Kuzzie.

Kuzzie finesse game threw Dinara off. Clearly Dinara was not ready for the trickery.

Once Dinara found out that she could not over power Kuzzie, Dinara did not have a plan "B" and she panic.

After the first set there was no doubt that Kuzzie was going towin the match.

I like Kuzzie reaction when she won she acted with class like she had done it before.

All in all good run by Dinara on this clay season I only wish she would have been able to capitalize the opportunity.