(someone elses) fantasy come true.. but i don't mind

This is my ex-colleague's blog.

He actually got to watch Nadal & Ivanovic LIVE at Roland Garros last week... In front-row box seats. For FREE. (Well, actually courtesy of Lacoste, the brand he's handling and a major sponsor for RG.)

How cool is that? :-)))

P.S. he even claimed to have smelt Rafa's undies saking deketnya dia duduk.. :-G

In celebration of Ana's first Slam Title...

...Scott Byrnes (strength and conditioning coach), Sven Groeneveld (tennis advisor) and Marcin Rozpedski (hitting partner) all promised that they would do something outrageous if Ana won the tournament.

Ana's brother Milos joined in, and so the four gave their word that if Ana won the event, they would run around the Arc de Triomphe while each wearing one of Ana's adidas dresses.







Hahahahahaha....

Rafa's press conference

"I feel like... No. 2... because I am No. 2...."

Rafa, you're just so... squishy! :-)

*squishes him*

Paris ended with "love"...

Finale: Simple Messieurs

R. Nadal def. R. Federer 6-1 6-3 6-0 (i.e. a full-blown beatdown)

[Roland Garros Post-Mortem]

"I wish I had one of those..."

In any case, Roger couldn't have lost (thrice) to a better opponent. Rafa is now only the third man in the history of the open era to have won four consecutive RG titles. That itself deserves a standing ovation. Vamos Rafa.

"Marquer L'histoire!"

Now, onwards to Wimbledon...

RG Day 5: Triumphant against De Vil

Round of 64
R. Nadal def. N. Devilder 64 60 61

Rafa easily disposed of Nicolas Devilder (who played worthy of his namesake in the first set, but ran out of gas in the 2nd & 3rd) in straights. The famous *ss triumphs against the De Vil.

It vaguely amuses me that Rafa's scoreline exactly mirrors Raja's (excluding that insignificantly broken first set of course).

Then again, I'm easily amused. :-D

RG Day 5: Broke-back Montanes

Round of 64

R. Federer def. A. Montanes 67(5) 61 60 64

Fed got broken in the first set by Albert Montanes (collective gasp!) but in sets 2 to 4, immediately broke back in enraged fashion i.e. serving bagel-and-breadstick galore. Hence pun in title.

Nothing like a good kick in the behind to wake The FedEx, eh.

RG Day 4: After three days of rain delays...

Round of 128

R. Nadal def. T. Bellucci 75 63 61

...Vamosss, at last!

(I think he was vamos-ing for three days worth of play)

RG Day 3.5: Now it's raining cats and rats...

Ladies and gentlemen, the match we've all been waiting for...

...has been officially suspended, yet again.

What a tease this day was. Just when we were getting into rhythm... not only does it rain but it pours. Tough luck.

Can someone just go do the raindance at centre-court? Or call a 'pawang hujan', they're usually more effective than reading weather forecasts.

(-_-)

In any case, here's a little something stupid that I found during today's prolonged rain delays. Hey, that sort of rhymed.

(Btw, I hated this ad. Super-aneh, ngeri, & tasteless. In what way would seeing this make anyone more interested in buying a Kia?)

Weirdness-ness continues tomorrow.

RG Day 3: It's looking doom and gloom in Paris

Rain, rain, go away... I wanna see Le Rafa play...

Highlights of the day:

[4] N. "Donkey" Davydenko def. T.Johansson 63 63 63

[9] S. "Wawawa" Wawrinka def. P. Kohlschreiber 63 64 63

[22] A. "Ame" Mauresmo def. O. Savchuk 75 46 61

Still waiting for the Rafa match to happen, though...

RG Day 2: Roger in relief

Round of 128

R. Federer def. S. Querrey 64 64 63

"Ohhh, winning feels so good..."

RG Day 1: Goodbye, Guga

Gustavo Kuerten bids goodbye to Tennis

"I'm a big fan of Guga, he's one of the great characters who you don't want to see retire, like Pat Rafter. It has been sad to see him struggling with injuries, but we enjoyed some great matches and I'm sure our paths will cross again in the future." - ROGER FEDERER

"He will always be remembered as an amazing tennis player, No. 1 in the world and the winner of three Roland Garros titles. It was a pleasure to watch him on television when I was growing up, to eventually practise with him and be in the same locker room." - RAFAEL NADAL

RG D-1: Rafa and his racquet

"Are there holes in my racquet?"

--- from menstennisforums.com

Predictions for Roland Garros: Men's Draw

My crystal ball predictions (a.k.a. personal judgment with no solid basis whatsoever) :-)

But, hey, at least it's based on the real draw. Which is better than the rolandgarros.com 'live-draw' screw-up earlier today, hehe.

Thoughts:

Overall, the draw looks like fun. Some of my favorite players (who've sort of disappeared this dirt-ball season?) are showing up: Baggy, Nababan, Tsongo. Pretty interesting matches in the early rounds as well -- see those outlined in the table, I think those are must-watches

Rog got a pretty good half. As long as MonoFed doesn't show up on court, he should (hopefully) have an easy run to the final.

Raf, OTOH, has some potentially tough match-ups. Doesn't help that Nole's on his side of the fence, either. Well, better his than Rog's :-p

Here's hoping for another R&R final. Hattrick!

-tmsh-