Oriental rain, I love your avatar.


Thank you for Daniela's interview, Martin. The translation seems very good.

Oriental rain, I love your avatar.

Yea, quite an apt avatar considering Daniela's injury right now. I remember that picture, the week after reaching the LA final, poor Daniela suffering from heat exhaustion, bless her!

Scott

Oriental rain, I love your avatar.

Yea, quite an apt avatar considering Daniela's injury right now. I remember that picture, the week after reaching the LA final, poor Daniela suffering from heat exhaustion, bless her!

Scott

Thank you guys for the compliment. Yeah Scott that exactly what I was thinking while choosing that av, very timely since Danka is MIA due to injury LOL But that pic was from Sydney Intl 06 (correct me if Im wrong) I think she suffered from gastro intestinal...she retired!

PARIS, May 28 (Reuters) - French number one Marion Bartoli said she needed a break from tennis after suffering a demoralising first-round exit at the French Open on Wednesday.

“I’m just fed up. I’m going to turn off my mobile phone, turn off my TV set, forget about Roland Garros,” the ninth-seeded Bartoli told reporters after her 6-7 6-3 6-2 defeat at the hands of Australian Casey Dellacqua.

“I’m going to try not to think about it. Go far away, very far away. Why not take a short break, some holidays ?”

Bartoli, who reached the Wimbledon final last year, said she was too worn out to start her preparation for the grasscourt grand slam that brought her to prominence.

“Since the beginning of this year I’ve been playing and I felt tired and I thought, well, this is probably psychological, but it’s five months I’ve been feeling this, in this state, being very tired,” she said.

“So I’ll probably start practising for the season on grass, but I first want to think about myself.”

Bartoli, who picked up a back injury at the start of the season, snubbed a call-up for a Fed Cup first-round tie against China in February, saying it would be too tiring for her.

She also withdrew from the Strasbourg International last week with a wrist injury and was not fully fit for her Roland Garros campaign.

“It was a problem for me on my forehand. I had to use my wrist more, so I made many unforced errors, especially on the match point or balls I sent in the net directly,” she said.

“So that was a bit of a difficulty for me. However, I think I could have overcome that today.”

Bartoli was 6-5 up when rain ended play on Tuesday but she could not find her touch on Wednesday, bowing out after two hours and two minutes.


excuses excuses

Hmmm i feel for her a bit. Its obviously she's a bit gutted. When your dreams are crushed like that its really disheartening i can imagine. Thats a little harsh isn't it Kristen I hope she finds her way.

See what happen to Danka's 25th birthday!!!


What a load of BS! Thats all im gonna say on that

Scott