i heart mardy fish
i always thought valentine's day is for saps who like to throw money at hallmark and that nothing good can come out of it, but i take it all back because yesterday was fucking awesome.
there's this little tournament i like to call the siebel open that happens every feburary. and in last night's semifinal, mardy fish played not only once, but TWICE. in the singles match, he played possibly the best match of his career and beat agassi in three. i was on the edge of my seat the entire time and peter was yelling all the things i could only mutter under my breath. he rooted for mardy even though he likes agassi, aww. AND as if i wasnt euphoric enough, mardy fish totally kicked ass again in doubles w/ james blake. (they were completely matching down their their headbands and shoes, heh) i really liked how often fish serve and volleyed, cuz it really takes confidence to get up there at the net- you not only have less time to set up, the ball is coming at you faster too. plus, serve and volleyer are such a dying breed, especially with the retirement of sampras and rafter. oh and get this, cat watched the tennis match on tv! for anyone that knows cat, you would know that her and any sport of any kind definitely do not belong in the same sentence, so that was really cool of her.
i could seriously die happy right now, which is awfully ironic because my dad just bought life insurance for the family today.
there's this little tournament i like to call the siebel open that happens every feburary. and in last night's semifinal, mardy fish played not only once, but TWICE. in the singles match, he played possibly the best match of his career and beat agassi in three. i was on the edge of my seat the entire time and peter was yelling all the things i could only mutter under my breath. he rooted for mardy even though he likes agassi, aww. AND as if i wasnt euphoric enough, mardy fish totally kicked ass again in doubles w/ james blake. (they were completely matching down their their headbands and shoes, heh) i really liked how often fish serve and volleyed, cuz it really takes confidence to get up there at the net- you not only have less time to set up, the ball is coming at you faster too. plus, serve and volleyer are such a dying breed, especially with the retirement of sampras and rafter. oh and get this, cat watched the tennis match on tv! for anyone that knows cat, you would know that her and any sport of any kind definitely do not belong in the same sentence, so that was really cool of her.
i could seriously die happy right now, which is awfully ironic because my dad just bought life insurance for the family today.