Wimbledon Day 3
Yes. It is that time of year again, that magical time when this LJ is overrun with mostly tennis ramblings because of my favourite Grand Slam: Wimbledon. So get ready for the grass-court talk because here it comes!
*Note: I was oblivious to the fact that I had already written an entry named "Wimbledon begins!" when I wrote another entry this morning with the same title. Go figure.
I've been lucky enough to switch the TV at work from CNN to ESPN so I can watch the matches at work. This has been wonderful as well as stressful. Wonderful because...come on! I get to watch tennis while I work! Stressful because you have no idea how many times I wanted to scream at the TV but couldn't. And watching Lleyton Hewitt get taken to five sets by a young Dutchman named Robin Haase was killing me. Incidentally, Haase is now on my "new players to watch" list because he's got game.
There was another player that endeared to me but I don't remember who it was. I should've done live blogging as I watched the matches so you could get the freaking outs and the info as it happened.
So, quick sum-up of Day 1: Federer, Hewitt, Djokovic, Safin (<3 ), and many others won. Hurrah. Most of all I was rooting for Florent Serra of France (WHO?!) to get through since I'd picked him in the 2008 Wimbledon Suicide Pool (SP). The SP, people, is far more stressful than watching your favourites play. Seriously. I picked Serra on Day 1 and Paul-Henri Mathieu yesterday. Thankfully both won and I'm still alive in the SP. But today, oh GOD. I'm watching Djoko vs. Safin (AHHHHH) and my SP match won't be played for another couple of hours.
Yes. I am in super stress out mode right now.
Day 2 winners: Rafa (hurrah but I wish they'd showed other matches than his. I was very bored for some reason), Roddick (whatever), Mathieu (hell-freaking-yeah), Gulbis (he beat Isner in four tough sets and even though Isner was part of the Georgia team that beat my beloved Illini in college tennis last year...I do not dislike him anymore. Well, less than before anyway), and a bunch of others who I'm too stressed at the moment to name.
Safin is at the moment serving for the first set against Novak Djokovic. People--until this match is over I will not stop hyperventilating. Only to start hyperventilating for the SP.
Wimbledon this year has already proven to be SO much fun. And I mean that. Seriously. Stress and all.
I love grasscourt season!
*Note: I was oblivious to the fact that I had already written an entry named "Wimbledon begins!" when I wrote another entry this morning with the same title. Go figure.
I've been lucky enough to switch the TV at work from CNN to ESPN so I can watch the matches at work. This has been wonderful as well as stressful. Wonderful because...come on! I get to watch tennis while I work! Stressful because you have no idea how many times I wanted to scream at the TV but couldn't. And watching Lleyton Hewitt get taken to five sets by a young Dutchman named Robin Haase was killing me. Incidentally, Haase is now on my "new players to watch" list because he's got game.
There was another player that endeared to me but I don't remember who it was. I should've done live blogging as I watched the matches so you could get the freaking outs and the info as it happened.
So, quick sum-up of Day 1: Federer, Hewitt, Djokovic, Safin (<3 ), and many others won. Hurrah. Most of all I was rooting for Florent Serra of France (WHO?!) to get through since I'd picked him in the 2008 Wimbledon Suicide Pool (SP). The SP, people, is far more stressful than watching your favourites play. Seriously. I picked Serra on Day 1 and Paul-Henri Mathieu yesterday. Thankfully both won and I'm still alive in the SP. But today, oh GOD. I'm watching Djoko vs. Safin (AHHHHH) and my SP match won't be played for another couple of hours.
Yes. I am in super stress out mode right now.
Day 2 winners: Rafa (hurrah but I wish they'd showed other matches than his. I was very bored for some reason), Roddick (whatever), Mathieu (hell-freaking-yeah), Gulbis (he beat Isner in four tough sets and even though Isner was part of the Georgia team that beat my beloved Illini in college tennis last year...I do not dislike him anymore. Well, less than before anyway), and a bunch of others who I'm too stressed at the moment to name.
Safin is at the moment serving for the first set against Novak Djokovic. People--until this match is over I will not stop hyperventilating. Only to start hyperventilating for the SP.
Wimbledon this year has already proven to be SO much fun. And I mean that. Seriously. Stress and all.
I love grasscourt season!