Today lost to Vera Zvonareva 3/6 6/3 3/6

Too bad she lost. Good Luck in your next tournament!

Nice to see that another successful WTA player has her own thread.

I like his game

I love her game too, she hits the ball really flat and hard. It's spectacular.

Does Rezai have her own Prada bag?

I can't wait till she earns enough money to buy one.

That's disappointing that she lost to Zvonareva... I really love her game - it's very aggressive and spectacular!

Kid wrote:

Nice to see that another successful WTA player has her own thread.

Yeah, I also don't like threads like that one... Soon each player will have own one...

Super Jolly Green Giant ..

Sexy French gal but does she need her own thread?

If she makes some achievements, she'll deserve.

Super Jolly Green Giant ..

Look, Masha is not the only one that has Prada bag.

looool she looks good with it

Kid wrote:

Look, Masha is not the only one that has Prada bag.


http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5757 … od2ct1.png

hahahahaha good

Kid wrote:

Look, Masha is not the only one that has Prada bag.


http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5757 … od2ct1.png

OMG she's trying to hit a winner with it. That Prada bag better be up to the slack, it's getting a hard whack.

Kid wrote:

Look, Masha is not the only one that has Prada bag.


http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5757 … od2ct1.png

BTW, Rezai lost yesterday to Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2 4-6 3-6 in 1st round at Miami. I'm so happy.

Super Jolly Green Giant ..

^Bad for Aravane, but Wozniacki is a great player too!
The pic is

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Alicia wrote:

^Bad for Aravane, but Wozniacki is a great player too!
The pic is

Wozniak, not Wozniacki... She's Canadian. But both Poles indeed. So that's why I like them.

Super Jolly Green Giant ..

aravane is pretty good, shes almost my favourite player. shes just behind jill craybas, melanie oudin and of course ana.

ps-man wrote:

Alicia wrote:

^Bad for Aravane, but Wozniacki is a great player too!
The pic is

Wozniak, not Wozniacki... She's Canadian. But both Poles indeed. So that's why I like them.

Ah, than the loss seems worse Wozniak is not so talented...

Alicia wrote:

ps-man wrote:

Alicia wrote:

^Bad for Aravane, but Wozniacki is a great player too!
The pic is

Wozniak, not Wozniacki... She's Canadian. But both Poles indeed. So that's why I like them.

Ah, than the loss seems worse Wozniak is not so talented...

Well, maybe you're right, but her skills were enough to beat Rezai.

Super Jolly Green Giant ..

Interesting Interview, she seems very annoyed about the screaming!

A. REZAI/M.Larcher De Brito

7‑6, 6‑2

An interview with:

ARAVANE REZAI

THE MODERATOR: Questions in English, please.

Q. Simple question: How do you look back on the match?

ARAVANE REZAI: I feel very happy. My English is bad really, but I feel so good. I'm very happy to win this matchbecause this match was very difficult for me. She's very young player, and I'm very happy.

Q. She did a lot of screaming.

ARAVANE REZAI: Yeah. A lot of screaming. But I willexplain in French, because in English it's hard. Thank you.

Q. Please do.

ARAVANE REZAI: In English?

Q. In French.

ARAVANE REZAI: But I think they will ask about thescreaming.

Q. This is your best performance at Roland Garros. How do you feel about getting into the fourthround?

ARAVANE REZAI: I'm very surprised, but I keep winning andI'm very happy. I try to be focusedevery matches, and that's the way I have to continue. Every match is difficult and every match isimportant, so I try to continue this way. I think it's the best way.

Q. Did you say to the chair umpire, It's not natural?

ARAVANE REZAI: Yeah, I said it's a little bit hard for me tocontinue playing like this. But, you know,it's hard to play against a player screaming like that.

She's very good player, but veryhard character. I hope she's going to bebetter, but she's young. She have tolearn many things.

Q. Did you start doing the same thing a little bit when you would win apoint? You make a little sound like,Whee...

ARAVANE REZAI: Yeah, you know, I tried to do the same, butit's not in my ‑‑ I don't scream like that. It's not me. So I prefer to be focused in my game, and the best way to do is win thematch. I won the match.

Q. How do you sound? I made thewrong sound. How does it sound?

ARAVANE REZAI: No, please I don't... No.

THE MODERATOR: Questions in French.

Q. I think you have played Maria Sharapova before. If you were to compare, which one of the twomakes more noise? Which one of the twoshouts in a way that bothers you more?

ARAVANE REZAI: It's different. She really shouts loud. Maybe it's the way she tries to impress theopponent, but it really did upset me because it was really unpleasant. I did try to talk to the umpire aboutthis. She kept shouting.

I think the umpire did not really dohis job, and so I told the referee. Youknow, it's a pity, because she really plays well. She's talented. She fights, but she still has a lot tolearn. She's very young, and I thinkshe's just going through a phase.

She's only 16. She has a lot of time to learn more.

Q. Could you please tell us exactly what you told the umpire?

ARAVANE REZAI: I said, She's shouting too loud. There's a limit. You can't really shout that way.

She said, Sharapova has never beentold that she was shouting too loud. AndI said, No, I have told her in a previous match. But it did bother me, although it's not theimportant thing today. The importantthing is that I won the match. I'm veryhappy.

That was just a tactic. She was trying to impress me with her shouts,and I managed to win the match all the same. Yes, it did bother me, but the most important is that I won the match.

Q. Apart from the shouts, she's very strong. She strikes hard. Was this a fight between two hard strikers?

ARAVANE REZAI: Well, I did play her on hard surfaces before,and it was different. I took the ballearly. I managed to manage the game more. This time it was more difficult. I had trouble adjusting in the first set, andI could not really apply my sort of game. And it was difficult.

She has improved. She runs better around the court. She defends better. So yes, it was a match between two hard hitters,and I tried to vary my game. I did itbetter in the second set.

Q. Do you think this is a mental victory? Was it difficult to remain focused?

ARAVANE REZAI: Yes, it was a mental thing, because I had toremain focused. There were ups anddowns. Sometimes I was leading 40‑15 andI lost the game, and the other way around. So really I had to be focused. Soit was a mental battle.

We were trying to win points. Each of us was trying to gainconfidence. She's very young, so I thinkit's normal, but I'm sorry she reacts that way, and I hope she will change inthe future.

Q. Are the shouts louder sometimes or longer? These shouts, are they sometimes louder orlonger? Did that bother you?

ARAVANE REZAI: Oh, longer shouts, shorter shouts. Yes, but I think it really was a tactic. But I managed to block that out and I triedto impress her and make her understand that she was not dominating, that thisis not done. Yes, she was trying toimpress me, but I didn't let her get away with it.

Q. After the match, did anybody say something? The other players, did they discuss this inthe locker rooms?

ARAVANE REZAI: I would rather not discuss this. I would really prefer to talk about thematch. Yes, of course in the lockerrooms, people talk. The players react.

The most important thing is reallythat I won. These are little detailsabout the match that we tend to forget. It is definitely not the most important.

Q. So the reactions were positive on your side?

ARAVANE REZAI: Yes, of course.

Q. Sorry to mention the shouts again. In the press conference, Michelle said that you were the first player toever complain about her shouts. And shesaid maybe that was a tactic on your part. What would you like to answer?

ARAVANE REZAI: Well, of course, maybe that's herweapon. That's the way she reacts. That's the way she plays. However, I reacted that way, because it was botheringme. Maybe in the next few matches thatshe plays, the other players are going to complain, as well. So maybe I just started it, and then her nextopponents will continue complaining.

But again, I was really trying tofocus on the match. I was trying to playthe match. It did bother me, and I toldthe umpire that was my job. I wassuppose to do it. I did not intend toimpress her. She started it, and Idefended myself.

Q. If three months ago you had been told you would be in the round of 16 inRoland Garros, would you have thought that this was insane at the time?

ARAVANE REZAI: Three months ago? What was I doing three months ago? What tournament was I playing? Oh, the Australian Open.

No, well, I wouldn't have understoodit then, but yes, it is an objective. Why not? Everything is possible.

But I had to do this match aftermatch, and it was too early at the time. When I was in Strasbourg,people were discussing Roland Garros, and I said, Wait a minute. Let me get through Strasbourg. Let me take this one match at a time. I have another match tomorrow. I'm not thinking about Roland Garros now.

This is what helped me win thetournament in Strasbourg. I wasn't thinking either about the future,nor about the past. I really had to livein the present.

Q. You speak differently compared with three years ago when you said youwanted to be No. 1. Have you learnedsomething, that it's useless to talk that way? Have you realized it's not a good thing?

ARAVANE REZAI: Well, you have to be realistic. I've learned a lot. I was young at the time. Maybe I wasn't mature enough.

I have learned to be morerealistic. I have learned to work and tothink more in the shorter term than the long term. I'm not saying it was a mistake at the timewhen I said this, but in the meantime, I have quite an experience and I'velearned a lot, and it's done me good.

Q. Is Mansour Barami your lucky charm?

ARAVANE REZAI: Yes, of course he's my lucky charm. We talk between the matches.

Q. What did you talk about? Tactic?

ARAVANE REZAI: Yes, of course, tactics. He congratulates me. He encourages me. We talk about everything. Yes, I like it.

http://www.rolandgarros.com/en_FR/news/ … 08465.html

Good luck Ana its all down to you now!! Win tomorrow & keep on doing great!!
Good efforts Domi & Sorana. Hard luck
As for Makiri..congrats for winning a match

I didn't even read half the interview, but i laugh at some parts LOL I don't give a damn if anyone screams or grunts... Oh God... I already hate you Rezai, even though you seem like a nice girl Why do they keep asking and making the same questions all over again?! IT'S RIDICULOUS!

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^ I understand her. Michelle doesn't act well.

Super Jolly Green Giant ..

come on, there's no need to ask about the screaming 400 times! she's right though, it can really annoy the opponent but i guess it didn't stop anyone from playing before... i think Michelle really needs to tone it down or play more constantly, cos all the shriekers have been criticized at the beginning of their careers but people eventually got used to them...

Oh come on, a grunt, no matter how loud,  at the moment you hit the ball is one thing, but to keep shrieking thoughout the point is just nonsense and going way to far. It is pure psychological gamesmanship and does not contribute to the weight of their shots. And all the excessive shriekers know they are just playing mind games, to intimidate and distract their opponents. Especially when you see them hitting the ball harder in practise without a peep!