06 Sunday Jun 2010
Been a while…
Roland Garros has come to a close. There were surprises and oddities among the regular. I must say that I’m quite pleased with the way the second major of the year concluded. Never have I seen the winners of the singles titles so exuberant and ecstatic at winning the title. It was beautiful to see and you’d be lying if you did not feel some semblance of warmth in your soul for seeing the winners of Roland Garros.
Let’s revisit some of the highlights of the year’s second major.
02 Tuesday Feb 2010
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australian open, azarenka, cilic, davydenko, djokovic, espn, federer, henin, li, murray, nadal, roddick, serena, Tennis, tsonga, venus, zheng
I’ve been suffering from some serious “Australian Open Lag.”
What’s that mean? Well, living on the east coast of the US does no favors for the body during the start of the Grand Slam season. When you are a TENNIS FAN (as opposed to a CASUAL FAN), you stay up until 3:30am to catch the matches live on ESPN2 and not wait until the replay later on in the day. This has adverse effects, of course; effects like lack of sleep, irritablity, and all-around lethargy. So, when the major is finally over, I need a day or two to recover. That is why this post is coming a couple days late.
17 Sunday Jan 2010
This is probably the funniest thing I have ever seen Shank-a-Lot do. He is the dorkiest person in the world, but he knows how to please the crowd. It’s from the Hits for Haiti exo in Rod Laver Arena that Shanx put on (very kind of him). The two World No. 1′s attended (Shanx and Serena) as well as Rafa, Kim C., Andy R., Rusty, Sam Stosur, Nole, and Bernard Tomic.
It. Was. Hilarious. And it was all for a good cause, too.
In the fore-court, it’s Shanx and Sam; the back-court is Nole and Rafa, Rafa serving to Shanx.
The thing about it is, Shanx had the whole motion of Rafa’s forehand down, crazy whipping motion to the swinging of his whole body and all. And the lob off the ground by Nole was pure hilarity. That’s pretty much how it was the whole time. If you missed it, you missed something great. You can go here to see most of it though.
P.S. Rafa and Kim make the best mixed doubles team and Rafole is the best doubles team EVER.
The Aussie Open has a lot to live up to after that.
08 Tuesday Sep 2009
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davydenko, djokovic, dulko, federer, isner, k. bondarenko, kuznetsova, kvitova, oudin, petrova, soderling, us open, verdasco, wickmayer, wozniacki
We had some awesome matches today. It was Labor Day, of course. So, some people had to put in some hard labor, particularly on the women’s side. Of course, if you’re American you know that Labor Day is a day that people have OFF from work. But, whatever…
The quarterfinals for the women were set while only the top half of the men’s was set. Hallelujah! I feel like we’ve been in the early rounds forever, yet we’re in the second week already. Doesn’t it feel like this Grand Slam is taking a long time? Or is it just me?
05 Saturday Sep 2009
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azarenka, dent, djokovic, federer, j. mcenroe, kuznetsova, murray, nadal, querrey, safina, us open
Oh it is definitely getting interesting now…
The US Open doesn’t have a history of having a surprise finalist, but might actually happen on the women’s side this year. At least from the top half’s perspective. How one of the Williams sisters would not make it is beyond me. Unless Kim Clijsters makes a really good run, then it’s probably going to be Serena again.
Moving on, the list of clowns is long this time around. But first, let’s get to the happenings.
Yesterday, some more seeds fell like bricks in a pond.
