Well, maybe not
There you go, I'm not a psychic, another possible career path down the drain. Federer didn't play Baghdatis in the Wimbledon final, it was Nadal. Italy didn't win 1-0 over France, it was 1-1 then Italy won 5-3 on penalties.
Federer has been in devastating form on grass. It was by far the toughest draw he has had. There were many big names on his way to the final. There was names of players who are past their prime and those who are the stars of the future. I expected some players to give him some trouble over the two weeks, but he managed to sweey by everybody and not lose a set until the final. Another amazing feat is that he reached the final after just over nine hours of court time. That's six best of five-set matches, only nine hours, incredible. his opponent, with one five-set victory, others all straight sets, had been on court for six hours longer. I have to give a hand to Nadal though. He has improved a great deal on grass, even though his grass game is hardly a grass game still. In the beginning I thought Agassi was going to knock him out in the third round, and after seeing him fight out five sets with a qualifying in the second round, I thought that was going o happen. Obviously, that wasn't the case and he continued into the final and took a set off Federer. Yes, he did surprise me and impress me to a degree with the fact that he made the final of Wimbledon, however, I still don't like his style of play, and Federer will one day win the French Open, and complete his career Grand Slam.
The World Cup has come and gone. My favourite team, Italy, have won for the first time since 1982. I began liking the Italian since the 1994 World Cup, the first in my memory. That year, Italy made the final, against Brazil, the score was 0-0 after extra time, then lost in a penalty shoot-out, the first ever shoot-out to decide a World Cup winner. I know that I'm one of a few non Italian-Australians who like the Italian team, simply for the fact that Italy knocked Australia out under controversial circumstances. Fabio Grosso dived over Lucas Neill to win a penalty for Italy deep into injury time. In the semi-final, it was Grosso who scored late in extra time to knock out the host nation, Germany. This time, it was Grossos who kicked the final penalty in the shoot-out to secure the World Cup for Italy. No doubt, there will be talks of what could have been for Australia if it wasn't for his dive. I however, think, and know, that even if it wasn't a penalty and it went into extra time, Italy was still the far better team, and that Australia progressing to the second stage of the tournament alone had far exceeded my expectations.
Federer has been in devastating form on grass. It was by far the toughest draw he has had. There were many big names on his way to the final. There was names of players who are past their prime and those who are the stars of the future. I expected some players to give him some trouble over the two weeks, but he managed to sweey by everybody and not lose a set until the final. Another amazing feat is that he reached the final after just over nine hours of court time. That's six best of five-set matches, only nine hours, incredible. his opponent, with one five-set victory, others all straight sets, had been on court for six hours longer. I have to give a hand to Nadal though. He has improved a great deal on grass, even though his grass game is hardly a grass game still. In the beginning I thought Agassi was going to knock him out in the third round, and after seeing him fight out five sets with a qualifying in the second round, I thought that was going o happen. Obviously, that wasn't the case and he continued into the final and took a set off Federer. Yes, he did surprise me and impress me to a degree with the fact that he made the final of Wimbledon, however, I still don't like his style of play, and Federer will one day win the French Open, and complete his career Grand Slam.
The World Cup has come and gone. My favourite team, Italy, have won for the first time since 1982. I began liking the Italian since the 1994 World Cup, the first in my memory. That year, Italy made the final, against Brazil, the score was 0-0 after extra time, then lost in a penalty shoot-out, the first ever shoot-out to decide a World Cup winner. I know that I'm one of a few non Italian-Australians who like the Italian team, simply for the fact that Italy knocked Australia out under controversial circumstances. Fabio Grosso dived over Lucas Neill to win a penalty for Italy deep into injury time. In the semi-final, it was Grosso who scored late in extra time to knock out the host nation, Germany. This time, it was Grossos who kicked the final penalty in the shoot-out to secure the World Cup for Italy. No doubt, there will be talks of what could have been for Australia if it wasn't for his dive. I however, think, and know, that even if it wasn't a penalty and it went into extra time, Italy was still the far better team, and that Australia progressing to the second stage of the tournament alone had far exceeded my expectations.