I signed up for this Cambridge Tennis League to play more tennis, and I played my first match today.

All I can say is...I mean, I know that I am a theoretical person, but there are times when one has to ditch the theory and go straight into the practice; or rather, one has to apply the theory to the practice. I would think - indeed, any normal ( Read more... )

EIGHTEEN ( Read more... )

Australian Open

It is very rare for me to be slightly disengaged when Roger Federer is playing a tough five-setter, and not totally euphoric when he finally wins it. I felt disengaged and not euphoric this morning, watching him grind out win against Kei Nishikori; this was in sharp contrast to the euphoria that I felt last summer when he came back ( Read more... )

Being back in Cambridge has been like this ( Read more... )

A quick entry ( Read more... )

I am rather sad about Roger losing the Wimbledon semi-final to Milos 'Servebot' Raonic, but that's life. Before this match, he'd made the semi-final of Wimbledon on 10 separate occasions - and he'd won them all. At nearly 35 years of age, he can't be the player that he used to be; the Federer that dominated the sport shows up in spurts these days, ( Read more... )

Playing TennisI woke up at 7.30 in the morning to play tennis with Jay at what was meant to be 9, but was pushed back to 9.30. Today was one of the best sessions I've had with him; we were both enjoying a good rhythm and engaged in a couple of long-ish rallies. Things were going so well that, as I set up for a forehand and hit the ball right in the ( Read more... )

I've had a pretty good past couple of days, even as I am no closer to permanently removing the deadweight in my heart ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a good day despite my leaving the library at 11.30pm and having to walk home in the dark and in the howling wind that at times threatened to knock me off my feet ( Read more... )

I am tired, so I will make this short ( Read more... )