Tennis update and general Olympics squee

[dirgni19]

Olympic tennis is off to a very problematic start - it has rained about four times today which has suspended a lot of matches and has set back all the ones I want to watch. I woke up expecting James Blake's game on TV but our cable got tired of waiting for the rain to stop and switched to beach volleyball then to basketball. I doubt they're going

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[shine_shine]

I have officially given up watching Tennis during the Olympics, no TV station is showing then and besides it's an excuse to show my family that I am so not obsessed with tennis. *cough*

There I was thinking I was the only one watching beach volley ball. Thank heavens I'm not. The dancing girls kill me and you have to love the music even they it's annoy when it's a good song and it's cut short.

[dirgni19]

What sucks here is that one of our TV stations has every intention of showing the tennis matches but the weather in China won't cooperate! I hope it gets better tomorrow, they have so many games to get through!

And the beach volleyball's awesome! I know what you mean about the good songs being cut short and the dancing girls, but it's really the sand that amuses me for some strange reason!

[maribella008]

2 something in the AM here, Rogi's playing Tursunov.

d, please keep us posted. I can't look. I already shredded one manicure over the rain yesterday.

[maribella008]

Anybody else want to offer a large slashy thanks to whomever keeps setting up the calendar so Rafa plays before Rogi? It seems like when Rafa wins, that pushes Roger.

Tomorrow (starts at 4pm Beijing time):
Nadal vs. Andreev (Court 1, 1st match)
Federer vs. Berdych (Centre Court, 2nd match)

[dirgni19]

And they're both going to be mad difficult! Andreev and Berdych? I should get my sedatives ready!

Okay, now, no hyperventilating. Doing enough of that over here. :D

[maribella008]

First, let’s look at the head-to-head. Rafa is 3 wins for 4 meets vs. Andreev. Rogi is 6 wins for 7 matches vs. Berdych. (OK, the loss was in the Olympics, but … :D)

The way Rafa’s playing, I think he’s over the jet lag (call me Cassandra; my fic said he had it, even if no one believed me) - that’s what was slowing him down against Starace. His matches against Lleyton are usually a looooong grind, and you saw it - 2 sets, bang, bang. Barring any surprises (famous last words, I know) I expect him to do well

Re: Okay, now, no hyperventilating. Doing enough of that over here. :D

[dirgni19]

Hee, what's not to love about Roger? China's lucky to be getting both him and Rafa twice this year, what with the Shanghai Masters coming up in a few months!

I now have this burgeoning love for Rafa Arevalo, call me mushy but I love that he's come a long way and managed to hold his own against the Fed, and that he's only just beginning! I hope we see more of him in the years to come, I love me some Rafas, apparently :p

That article you linked me to is pretty enjoyable indeed! I understood what the title of it meant (we also call gorgeous boys here guapo) but I needed a bit of help with a translator for the actual article :p But James Blake? Heh, just not my type I guess!

P.S. I did get your email and am replying to it now! :D