And it's fitting and very appropriate that this "something" is a fifth all-time title at Basel, his hometown tournament, at which he famously worked as ball boy.


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First, I'd like to say that I'm very glad I didn't watched the final that Roger lost yesterday; scanning through the match thread on his official forum has confirmed this. It sounds like yet another match he should've won, but didn't, for whatever reason. It sounds like the matches he lost to Djoke (he lost to Djoke last night) in Miami and Rome ( Read more... )

Wei Chuen's birthday was a success.
Roger lost in Basel. Didn't watch 'cause SuperSports preempted it for Unimportant EPL Match That No One Cares About. Couldn't have watched anyway 'cause was out with Wei Chuen.

Write more about it another time. Tired. Sore throat. Sigh.

Omg ROGER IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was half dead on drowsiness-inducing flu medicine yesterday, was totally wishing I was asleep at about midnight, BUT I STILL STAYED UP TO WATCH ROGER'S FIRST-ROUND MATCH IN BASEL BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN EXACTLY 50 DAYS SINCE HE LAST STEPPED ONTO A TENNIS COURT (not counting the Davis Cup matches, which I didn't ( Read more... )

OMG, the Shanghai SF between Djoke and Davydenko is SUPER exciting! I doubt the same can be said for the next SF - between Nadal and...Feliciano Lopez. OMG, I didn't even know he's playing this tournament, and I'm shocked that he's in the final. (He's not a very high-ranked or prominent player, to put it mildly. But he's pretty like nobody's ( Read more... )