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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>hxbtfhd407</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="http://picsrv.fora.pl/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri 9:23, 24 Jan 2014<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Size doesn't matter for Dominika Cibulkova</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Cibulkova thumped Agnieszka Radwanska in the women's semifinals Thursday to move one match away from becoming the joint shortest grand slam singles winner in the Open Era. <br />The 5-foot-3-inch Cibulkova needed a mere one hour, 10 minutes to dispose of the world No. 5,[url=http://www.oksko.com/]Nike Norge[/url], winning 6-1 6-2 to set up an encounter Saturday against now three-time Australian Open finalist Li Na. <br />Li, the ouster of Canadian upstart Eugenie Bouchard 6-2 6-4, hasn't lost to Cibulkova in their four outings but the 20th seed will be buoyed by victories over former Wimbledon finalist Radwanska and four-time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova this fortnight. <br />Only a year ago on Australian soil in Sydney, Cibulkova didn't enjoy her time on court with Radwanska, handed a 6-0 6-0 double bagel defeat in the final of the Melbourne warmup event. <br />Cibulkova is an anomaly in the current generation of women's tennis. A sparse three women in the top 100 -- American Lauren Davis and Japanese duo Misaki Doi and Kurumi Nara -- are shorter than Cibulkova. <br />Last year, the women's grand slam winners were all 5' 6" or taller. Li is just under 5' 8". <br />And since the Open Era began in 1968, no player shorter than 5' 3" has claimed a major. Nancy Richey and Mima Jausovec, the same height as Cibulkova, claimed the 1968 French Open and 1977 French Open,[url=http://www.oksko.com/air-max-33]Billige Nike Air Max[/url], respectively. <br />"It's not about how tall you are," Cibulkova, 24, told reporters. "It's just you have to really believe in it. There is nothing more important than this." <br />According to seven-time tour winner Chanda Rubin, not a giant herself in tennis terms at 5' 6", Cibulkova limits weaknesses and generates ample power. <br />"Obviously it's more difficult at times,[url=http://www.oksko.com/nike-free-38]Nike Free Run[/url]," Rubin, who peaked at No. 6 in the world,[url=http://www.oksko.com/nike-shox-34]Nike Shox[/url], told CNN. "You have to cover a lot more ground. You have to be quicker. You can't take a big step and cover half the court. You have that challenge. <br />"But when you see a player get to this level and see what she's achieved,[url=http://www.oksko.com/nike-shox-34]Billige Nike Shox[/url], it's because she's able to minimize any deficiencies and has those special skills -- the speed, the ability to create a little extra power even if she's not as tall, the ability to compete. <br />Indeed, Cibulkova isn't the type to solely retrieve. Her power baseline game can leave opponents bamboozled. <br />Cibulkova owns a 3-3 record against the 6' 2" Sharapova, has downed world No. 2 Victoria Azarenka twice and tallied 11 of the first 14 games against the Belorussian in Miami in 2012 before nerves -- missing in Melbourne this year, judging by her sojourn -- intervened. <br />Cibulkova attacked Radwanska's second serve, winning 14 of 16 points. <br />Radwanska had beaten Azarenka on Wednesday to snap a seven-match losing streak against the two-time Australian Open champion,[url=http://www.oksko.com/nike-free-38]Billige Nike Free[/url]. <br />"I feel like in slow motion today,[url=http://www.oksko.com/air-max-33]Nike Air Max[/url]," Radwanska told reporters. <br />Cibulkova said she wouldn't significantly alter her pre-match routine ahead of a maiden appearance in a grand slam final. The same could be said of her coach, Matej Liptak. <br />He declined to be interviewed because he hasn't spoken to reporters during the Australian Open and didn't want to jinx his charge.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="http://picsrv.fora.pl/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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