French Open Final, right? I think the score right now is 6-1 6-3 1-0, Nadal with an early break in the third. Er. No words. Federer being destroyed. Of course, Nadal has to win 3 sets but the way it's going right now it looks like it might end in straights. I'm hoping against hope it'll go to a fourth or fifth, but *sigh ( Read more... )

For the third year running, both Federer and Nadal are in the final of the French Open. I'm beside myself ( Read more... )

RG QF Matches
As I haven't actually watched the matches (have a life, plus the small window of time I have for livestreaming events is marred by the fact that my internet connection is just slightly too slow at the moment), I can only post my reaction to the scores here.

[1] R. Federer d. [24] F. Gonzalez 26 62 63 64I heave a sigh of relief. When ( Read more... )

[1] R. Federer v. [24] F. Gonzalez - Federer ( Read more... )

You know, no one is giving Julien Benneteau a chance today. In previous years, I'd have taken that as a given, but this year, whenever people start expressing confidence in Federer's ability to get through an open draw, he loses or struggles (see: Fish, Roddick - not really, Gremelmayr, Ramirez Hidalgo, Stepanek). I'm nervous. Downgrading his ( Read more... )

Ah, today serves as a pleasing reminder of why I follow tennis. Nothing is completely predictable, and sometimes matches are hotly contested down to the wire. A number of five-setters in the third round of the French Open today: four of the eight matches played today, to be exact. Perhaps the most surprising result was Ljubicic beating Davydenko ( Read more... )

I entered my bracket in the Battle of the Boards competition at britishtennis.net, and am actually doing decently well compared to the rest of the field over the first two rounds. 61st place, out of slightly over 300 participants. Six of my predicted quarterfinalists are still in the draw after the conclusion of most second-round matches (should've ( Read more... )

Dammit, 29 of the 64 first-round men's singles matches at Roland Garros are either still in progress or haven't even begun. And it's all because of the ridiculously bad weather. Am hoping it clears up soon ( Read more... )

The press is beginning to wonder. I find the argument used in that article rather weak, actually (Federer's first-round form usually doesn't reflect his performance in later stages of a tournament), but find it hard to ignore the writer's main point. It's rather telling that of the Big Three, Federer is the one I'd pick as the most likely to suffer ( Read more... )

DISCLAIMER: My French sucks. I think my oral-aural skills have dropped to the European A2 standard at best (i.e. slightly better than basic, with something like 5% listening comprehension), and my written/reading is somewhere between that and B1 (tolerable but laboured). My English doesn't suffer from the same malaise, unless I'm translating a ( Read more... )