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Worried about Juanqui

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#1 · (Edited)
JC has now lost six matches in a row. . .a first for him and this worries me. Ever since the US Open, it seems like he's been on a downward spiral (save for the TMS Madrid win) and I am worried that his less-than-stellar end to 2003 will affect his playing (or his mental game) going into 2004.

The Houston masters was just a nightmare. His record was the worst of the bunch; he didn't win one match and he looked like he just didn't give a shit about it all. The Davis Cup loss against an injured player just added another thorn in his side.

In contrast, his top seed peers will be going into 2004 feeling pretty good about themselves: Roddick is No. 1 and king of the hardcourts; Federer played Houston like a flute and walked away with the pot of gold as well as gaining new fans; veteran Agassi beat the young guns to make it to the semifinal with Federer and was the only player of the lot to give Federer any kind of serious competition all week (the first match, not the final). Everybody moved up in the rankings except for JC, who moved down. Yikes.

And defending his Roland Garros title will be difficult; the Argentines will be a serious threat to him next year.

On top of all this, JC just looks flat-out miserable, tired, and unhappy to me. I actually thought he was ill in Houston, that's how out of it he looked. The tennis off-season just isn't long enough for players to relax and recover from their injuries and I know he has complained of this before.

I hope JC will be able to recover and shake off this bad run and get back on track in 2004. He doesn't strike me as being a headcase but I still don't like seeing him so down like this. :sad:
 
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#27 ·
Kim is my favourite female tennis player! She's just so kind and loving! :D

Wow, Joske! You learn a lot of languages, is it hard?
 
#28 ·
No, not really hard.. But growing up in Belgium, you automatically learn 2 languages at least (Dutch and French), so it's understandable... :) Here, the younger generation in particular, can speak Dutch and English (same thing in The Netherlands) + a lot of them can speak some French too. But being interested in languages, like I am, does help to learn more languages or improve one after secondary school (and as you can see, I'm trying to improve my English.. I study ENG and Dutch at the moment)
But I wish I could combine learning Spanish or Italian with English, that would be my dream education :) Mmmmmmm & then I could understand Juianqui in his Spanish interviews! ;) - I hope his Spanish is better than his English :p *hehe*
 
#29 ·
joske said:
Mmmmmmm & then I could understand Juianqui in his Spanish interviews! ;) - I hope his Spanish is better than his English :p *hehe*
Yeah, it'll be a lot easier if we understood Spanish.... :) His spanish should be better than his English :D .... He's just so cute when he's speaking English!!!! :wavey:
 
#30 ·
Yeah I thought so too, seeing him struggle to say what he means in English.. ;) Like the interview on the RG, Wimbledon and US Open websites, I watched those more than once, just bc he was so cute! :)
 
#31 ·
his english has improved dramatically...
it's amazing...
but i have to admit...i love watching him struggle!! i know he's probably sweating trying to think about what to say and i'm sitting there enjoyying his pain but it's soooo cute!!!!
 
#32 ·
Mmmmm the accent is cute.. and hot too.. I love it when he says "You know?" (or is it "No"?) all the time in his interviews :drool: Whenever he does that I'm always like "Whatever you say, Juanqui" ;) LOL
 
#33 ·
Lol !!!! He's really cute!
Juanqui really loves using--" you know" for sure.... hehe....
Part of an interview of Tennis Masters Houston:
"I don't know. It's impossible to know, you know. I was practicing in Spain, you know, and I was playing good in Paris, you know. I was practicing in Spain very good." ;) :D
 
#35 ·
Awww you got Kim's autograph.. Now I'm jealous... ;)
 
#41 ·
This accent thing is funny! It really takes our minds off this worrying thingy. I luvd at the Us open final (which I actually hate cos of the dreadful winner) when he said this was a bad match. I just LUV his accent it fun to hear.
What tournament is he going to play b4 the AO?
 
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