Trust Nole to lose, even when leading 6-3, 6-2, 2-0. In the quarterfinals of Roland Garros. Against Jurgen Melzer. A 29 year old veteran of the tour who hadn't ever been past the 3rd round of a grand slam before. Ugh ... the ignominy ( Read more... )

I feel obligated to make at least one AO post considering saying absolutely nothing would be such a turnaround from my onslaught of posts last year. Not that I haven't been closely following the action (it is my favourite Grand Slam of the year, due in large part to it being the only tennis tournament I have the luxury of intimately following for ( Read more... )

P. KOHLSCHREIBER def. N. Djokovic

6‑4, 6‑4, 6‑4

Lol...in 3rd round. Shiteous (yes, that's my new favourite made-up word now, along with emohut) since many commentators were predicting he'd reach the final and maybe even threaten Nadal after their epic Madrid semifinal.

In Nole's words, "suddenly I haven't played in the last three Grand Slams ( Read more... )

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Also, great article about the Roger/Rafa rivalry.

Watched part of Nole's winners speech at Dubai. After intermittent "napping" for 2.5 hours from 1am due to inability to locate trusty Justin.tv links (apparently removed due to copyright infringement or whatever - bah!), decided to search for live streams through Google at like 3:30, after live scores from 2 sources confirmed the match was actually ( Read more... )

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Is it just me, or does Amer Delic bear an uncanny resemblance to Federer.


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OK so I probably watched more post-match than the actual match itself, and it's 1am and I really shouldn't be writing this because I have work tomorrow, but I have to because Rafa won and Roger cried and that is all very newsworthy. Plus, I have caps.


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Q. Do you feel anger besides disappointment?DINARA SAFINA: At the moment I just feel really like tired. I think maybe because everything, like adrenaline went down. As you know, once you're in a tournament, you know, you're always trying to stay positive, you know, like come on. Even if you feel tired, you're trying to escape these thoughts that ( Read more... )

Sigh. He sure has his share of critics and detractors, but don't say the love out there for Nole is lacking.


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