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Post by daussyk on Feb 15, 2008 23:16:02 GMT
hello friends!!! mariano will play here ;D ;D he had a wild card  |
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Post by Corina2605 on Feb 16, 2008 9:44:55 GMT
Yes, and he deserves it  Good luck to Mariano playing at home! He will have some fans making the trip from Europe to support him |
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Post by daussyk on Feb 16, 2008 12:24:27 GMT
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Post by daussyk on Feb 16, 2008 18:37:03 GMT
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Post by Greg on Feb 16, 2008 20:02:15 GMT
As "DaussyK" said, Mariano will play Oscar Hernandez (SPAIN) in the first round (Round of 32,) at "The Copa Telmex Open" in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It will be a difficult match but this is Mariano's time and tournament. Also Juan Monaco is back this week and is the #2 seed. Here is some more information about the tournament: Date: February 18-24, 2008 Draw Size: 32 Surface: Clay Prize Money: The United States of America $466,000 Tournament Director: Martin Jaite Ticket Hotline: +54-115-237-7200 Please click on the following link to see Mariano and Oscar's "Head-To-Head." www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/headtohead/default.asp?playernum1=Z073&playernum2=H472Please click on the following link to see the official tournament "Web-Site." www.copatelmex.com/Juan won the title last year, hopefully Mariano can win it this year. Good luck Mariano. I saw that "Corina2605" said that some people are coming from Europe to see Mariano play, have fun. Is anyone from this site going to watch him play? |
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Post by Greg on Feb 17, 2008 22:34:48 GMT
Mariano will not compete in the doubles, but Mariano Hood will be playing with Jose Acususo. Isn't this Mariano's coach (On the ATP website he is) ??
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Post by Corina2605 on Feb 18, 2008 11:25:00 GMT
Yes, Mariano Hood is Mariano's coach. He is a former doubles players and it looks like he still likes to compete occasionally as professional Maria mad the trip to Argentina and is in Bs As right now. She posts here too, just not that regulary. I am sure she will do her best to cheer for Mariano for all of us |
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Post by Louiselpp on Feb 19, 2008 8:28:22 GMT
My machine with the website on is broken... needs repairing - sorry for lack of updates!! - as soon as it is fixed I will update the site! Please could everyone continue to post here as normal - thanks Good Luck Today!!! |
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Post by Corina2605 on Feb 19, 2008 11:35:33 GMT
Well, it looks like M withdrew in the last moment. He has been replaced. It seems he has a physical problem  |
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Post by Corina2605 on Feb 19, 2008 11:41:50 GMT
According to the tournament site he is suffering from a strain in his right leg Hopefully he will recover soon. |
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Post by DAUSSYK on Feb 19, 2008 11:59:10 GMT
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Post by louisellp on Feb 19, 2008 12:19:24 GMT
Its good that he withdrew immediately to make sure no further damage can be done by playing on. I KNOW this is the wrong time to say this but its one of the things I admire - too many players "play through" and then have further problems down the line. Lets just hope this is just another "set back" |
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Post by Corina2605 on Feb 19, 2008 22:13:53 GMT
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Post by Corina2605 on Feb 22, 2008 21:11:46 GMT
I don't know if you have seen that Carlos Berlocq is writing a blog that is publishes on the ATP site during the Buenos Aires week. I have seen him only a very few times on a tennis court and I did not know him at all, so it was nice to read his blog and to learn more about him. He seems to be very nice and down-to earth person. In today's blog he talks about how difficult tennis life was at the beginning of his career. How hard it was to have enough money to pay the plane tickets, the hotels, the coach, the clothes, etc.. He says that now that he earns better he tries to help the young players at the academy by bying them shoes, clothes, racquets. And then there is this nice anectode: Por ejemplo nunca me voy a olvidar cuando vivía en Mar de Plata y no tenía plata para las raquetas. El Negro Zabaleta me las regaló... Y yo qué sé. Nunca me olvidé de ese gesto. Quizás no las hubiese podido comparTranslation: " For example I will never forget the time when I lived in Mar de Plata and did not have enough money for racquets. El Negro Zabaleta offered me them. I will never forget this gesture. Maybe I could not have bought them" |
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Post by daussyk on Feb 22, 2008 21:26:24 GMT
yes mariano is a great men that it's the reason why i love this guy!!! ;D ;D |
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