So anxious to see Maria in 2009!  But im also nervous, i mean she has two major titles to defend, and we haven't been updated on her injury and how rehab is progressing. I just Pray she comes out as strong or even stronger as she did this year, and i hope this is the last of we hear of this injury or any other injury at that.

It's too much to ask for her to come straight back and win the Aussie after a 6 month+ break with no momentum to build from...

If she stayed fit,I think she would definitely be the most consistent player - no doubt

I guess the good thing is - at least she will be able to gain a truckload of points in the latter half of 2009...

 

 

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I'm unpatient to see her again.

Hope she will be healthy and show us a good tennis.

Good luck Maria, hope to see You soon !!!

Wish time to go by quickly !!!

It' s so boring now !!!

Well, I really believe that Maria will end next year as number one if she stays healthy.

She will probably drop out of the top ten before Roland Garros but then she has a lot to win .

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SHE'S THE ONE !. MARIA SHARAPOVA !. C'MON !

Yes, I am getting nervous too !!  It's so quiet , no news from Maria !??  Is she alright , no doodle what does that mean . Will she still be able to play her own game or does she need to adjust to her injury ??  Yes, say 5 more weeks and Maria will be back on court again !! Can't wait but also have my reservations if she will stay healthy ?!!

well thank God I am not nervous as in the past cause I am more mature now ...

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MARIA SHARAPOVA FOREVER ,

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GOOD LUCK TO ALL RUSSIANS IN WTA AND ATP ,

maria-sharapova-2010:

So anxious to see Maria in 2009!  But im also nervous, i mean she has two major titles to defend, and we haven't been updated on her injury and how rehab is progressing. I just Pray she comes out as strong or even stronger as she did this year, and i hope this is the last of we hear of this injury or any other injury at that.

if she didn't update us, it only means one thing

she is:

 

 

READY!

according to calendar 2009 wta pts,it will be very difficult for maria to drop out of the top 10 as next years' points are doubled...like if maria wins the aussie open nex year, she will acually gain 1000pts...

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WISHING YOU A SPEEDY RECOVERY

ved_mariafan:

according to calendar 2009 wta pts,it will be very difficult for maria to drop out of the top 10 as next years' points are doubled...like if maria wins the aussie open nex year, she will acually gain 1000pts...

  Really .......is this true !!?? Is this for all tournament ?? On the other hand , what is the benefit if it is for all players in all tournaments ??

ved_mariafan:

according to calendar 2009 wta pts,it will be very difficult for maria to drop out of the top 10 as next years' points are doubled...like if maria wins the aussie open nex year, she will acually gain 1000pts...

are you sure about that??

 

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WISHING YOU HAPPINESS......

C'mon Maria,you're the best in my eyes

"Be optimistic,don't afrumpy,when the road gets bumpy just SMILE and be HAPPY"

yeah i think i heard it along with that they're goin to call tier1 tounaments premier events...and somthing like that.but hold on im gonna find concrete info

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Roughly, what were deemed Tier I & Tier II will now be the "Premier" Events and Tier III & IV are the "International" Events. The WTA site should have a PDF with the 2009 Rules attached somewhere.

There are a lotta angles to this. For example, Auckland ASB Classic is pleased to get #11 Nadia Petrova and #12 Caroline Wozniacki because, under the new rules, International Events are permitted just one top-10 player in the field and they already have #4 Elena Dementieva. Thus, Nadia & Caroline are the next highest who can play Auckland this year.

This rule does very much limit the practice of top players "raiding" the lower tier. Still, the growing barrier between the tiers raises questions as to how to grow the "International Events".

oh my, thats a really retarded rule...only one top ten player can play in a tourney!? maybe they put that rule for venus remember 2007 when she played like 4 straight tier 3 tourneys  ....and paul can u tell me if they doubled the wta pts..i think i remember reading that somewhere, i know that the wta website still has 2008's points...god they're slow

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Probably the Association is not anxious for the fans to start discussing the new rules. Yeah, I think they had the sisters' excesses in mind. That got too blatant.

I don't know anything about the "doubling". I can't really see what purpose point inflation would serve except to dampen reshuffling among the top players due to the revised schedule.

There's been a lotta politics in the new calendar. Some of it is strong-arming. (I doubt that Stuttgart willingly left the Porsche Arena to play outside on clay.) Also payoffs--example: Istanbul had been promised an upgrade in 2008 but WTA reneged. Instead, they gave them the YEC after it leaves Doha in 2011.