Comments on: Serena Williams loses to Nadia Petrova in China Open third round

By: marine

marine — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:57:10 +0000

It is not silly at all! Grunting is annoying and it can distract. Interestingly, those who claim that they cant control the grunt at the time of intense match remained surprisingly quiet. Why would that be… maybe to help their concentration?! Oh, yes.

By: jacobappleton

jacobappleton — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:26:10 +0000

I dont think players grunt to annoy people.. that idea is silly

By: Marine

Marine — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:28:26 +0000

Justine a choker? Excuse me? She was able to handle a lot of pressure in her matches, she has great stamina, probably one of the best on the tour right now. What I like about her is that she allows her opponent to concentrate and play instead of trying to distract them with annoying grunts.

By: Marija

Marija — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:52:36 +0000

I don't think Justine is a choker. How else could she have won so many titles.

By: jacob appleton

jacob appleton — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:33:17 +0000

Justine can't handle pressure and fear, we have seen that on so many occasions. She chokes more than Safina. Of course Serena has tried hard, shes won 2/4 grandslams and holds the most on the womens tour.

By: Marine

Marine — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:06:12 +0000

It's a classic from Serena, just doing as little as possible to achieve good results. And she says she earned it?! Are U kidding? To be honest I'd rather see Safina on no.1 post, she was actually making effort not only when it came to slams where one can earn enough points to get an easy pass to no.1 spot. Justine is needed so badly on the tour!

By: Ella

Ella — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:07:22 +0000

Serena's saving it for Doha – she's playing singles and doubles this year, and she plans on winning both of them. She wants to end the year as no.1 and gave up enough of a fight today to prove that she was 'trying'.

By: jacob appleton

jacob appleton — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:44:25 +0000

i thought it was a great match. i think serena's motivation wasnt there either, and i agree, it seems she turns it down a few in outside of tournaments. eg; medibank international, she has about 10 match points against her, and eventually lost, but in the australian open (1 week later) she totally dominated!

By: Marija

Marija — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:54:25 +0000

Sun Mill-Scout, you think she was that unmotivated?

By: Sun Mill-Scout

Sun Mill-Scout — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:46:41 +0000

It is not surprising that Serena went out early since she never puts much effort into non-major tournaments. And it is really interesting that she only did as much as she had to in order to regain no 1.