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  • liviu nic
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    rankigs should be like that:

    1.serena
    2.halep
    3.sharapova
    4.azarenka
    5.petra
    6.venus
    7.makarova
    8.wozniacki
    9.ivanovic
    10.muguruza

  • KowareyasuiOkami
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    Hi my name is Daria, I only start to make noise when the game is at 5 all.

    Hi my name is Maria, I make noise since love love.

    Her scream is so annoying and distracting. There need to be a rule against this forced noise after ball is hit.

    Maria just got dominated, that Daria got every ball she could. Maria is just stale and overbearing with the noise. No wonder the whole stadium cheer for the little girl who did great without trying to make NOISE…

  • Tristan Ferguson
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    Gavrilova will go far in the game simply due to her superb movement. Add to that the fact that she has genuine variety, and some degree of court smarts, and she is an almost certain Top 10 player.

  • Trent Timoy
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    How Russian is this Gavrilova?? I could've sworn I heard her say, "Come on!" during one of the (many) intense rallies they had.

  • HB Cho
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    This Daria Gavrilova has that fire in her, the same fire that's starting to diminish in Sharapova. I'm hoping Gavrilova with Halep will open a new era for women's tennis. Williams-Sharapova have been rather bland.

  • The Necrocast Musician
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    Stupid ass people. Only reason Maria lost was because she couldn't MOVE properly because of a bad thigh INJURY. Sigh..Sharapova proved that cocky-ass midget wrong in Rome and dominated her. Fluke loss plus injured Sharapova = upset. Even Maria said she wasn't ready and it was a 'mistake' entering the tournament.

  • sperrotta91
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    Annoying, cocky-ass Gavrilova played like an in-form top 10 player at times – andSharapova had no answers. Maria's a bit off-form at the momentyet she seems to generally struggle against good movers when she's not playing well (not a coincidence that Wozniacki's gradual improvement over the last yearhas resulted in two wins against Masha). Movement is becoming more and more important in the women's game (it's why I think brisk, level-headed players like Svitolinaare the onesREALLY worth keeping an eye on). I think Sharapova is trying to adapt to this (more drop-shots and slices these days) but it often comes down to accuracy and UEs as well. Can she find a way to cut down on those too when she's not at her best? Hope she can. Point construction is an aspect of her game that's long-overdue some seriousattention, because irrespective of the shoulder injury,I feel she's been a bit too "hit and hope" and negative in the tougher games in the last few years. Willpower doesn't always get you results. That's my tryhard punditry quota filled for the day :)>