nothingnew wrote:Sania I don't think can beat Shrapova! Sharapova will have an easy game. Check out Sharapova's shots and their angles. Noway Sania is going to return them. I doubt if she can even reach them

As usual we are all getting ahead of ourselves

.With her stomach injury,i'm not even sure if sania can get past benesova

.At sania's current level i'd put my money on maria.But to tell you the truth,i think if sania plays her best, Maria is the top ten player she has the best chance at upsetting

.Yes maria has great angles but so does sania(even better probably if you check out the recent reports on sania's matches

).Maria is a poor mover,her footwork is subpar,and she has a one-dimensional power game that sania would love.Sania's groundstrokes are hard enough to read even for a great mover like serena(check out how many times she was wrong-footed in the AO match),and i think maria's footwork would be harshly exposed.Maria doesn't have any variety, and relies on overpowering opponents(precisely why venus blasted her off court at wimbledon this year),and sania from what i've seen recently,has difficulty with the players with a lot of variety in their shots who get a lot of balls back.She loves pace.And when it comes to power,sania is unmatched in the game.As for maria's technically suspect forehand,its not worthy of being talked of in the same breath as sania's

.Realisitically speaking with sania's serve being on-and-off the way it is, maria is the hot favourite.But once sania sorts out her serve,in a couple of years i think that sania will be able to beat maria regularly.Don't be surprised if i'm right

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I think you over-estimate sharapova.She's no Serena.She's fantastic and much better than sania at this point,but imo sania is like an indisciplined,inexperienced,but more powerful and more talented version of maria.