Monday Wrap Up: A Tale of Three Cities

Basel
 
“Nah-ah, I don’t think so,’ said TMF yesterday/today as he gave old rival Nalbandian a dose of pure, unadulterated JesusFed at his hometown tournament of Basel. Match stats? 59%-41%, Federer winning 85% of points on serve, a kill so clean you could eat off it.
 
Nothing like a Federer Concerto to start my week. (Please play [...]

Five Things to Do Before I Die

Simple dreams on a simple Saturday.
 
1. Visit every continent in the world, including Antarctica
Not the most well travelled person around, but I plan to be one day. Dream destinations include Argentina, Egypt, South Africa, Croatia and Russia. 
 
2. Paraglide!
I booked it twice, and both times weather concerns (blizzards I kid you not) and other acts of [...]

Rankings Watch

10 years ago, a certain junior sporting a single handed backhand by the name of Roger Federer won the Junior Wimbledon title. This year, a 17 year old also sporting that same groovy species of backhand by the name of Grigor Dimitrov won both Wimbledon (without dropping a set) and US Open, rose to No [...]

The Painfully Obvious

In my last post, I posed this question:
“Can anyone think of the last time none of the Holy Trinity made it into the finals of a tournament they all played? We’d be going back to 2006 at the very latest right? Or have I missed something painfully obvious.”
 
In fact I did miss something painfully obvious. [...]

Madrid Early Wrap Up: DANG!

I was going to write a post mourning the defeat of the Might Fed in Rafalandia, but recent events put a new light on things, I’ve found my zen… for now, which is hard for any self-respecting Fed fan. Instead, here I am writing an early wrap-up post for Madrid. But in any case, the tournament is [...]

Don’t Cry for me Argentina

“Roger Federer can divide zero with his slice. The Result? Pain.” Just ask Juan Martin del Potro, who lost to Federer 6-3, 6-3 in the QF of the Madrid Masters. Given the court, the opponent, and his own height, having to deal with Federer’s slice is a bitch, I feel for ya del Potro. But [...]

Federer’s Best Moments (from ESPN)

Blogger Note: I’m a little uncomfortable with the thought of Federer losing Wimbledon being his finest hour, in any case, his finest hour is yet to come as he chases after history in the big picture, and Nadal in the immediate, so maybe it’s a little premature for ESPN to be doing this. During the [...]

Isn’t it a beautiful thing…

When Feliciano Lopez goes on a roll? Flove this guy whenever he decides to turn it on, he sure has a beautiful game. A Spaniard who volleys… surely you jest.
 

What happens when you put the most aggressive player versus the most defensive player on the tour? We found out today (yesterday) with Roddick v Monfils. [...]

Isn’t it blasphemous…

…that Macbooks are now silver?
 
Lo and behold the new generation of Macbooks that was released today, they’re supposed to be uber-sexy, uber-sleek, and … aluminium. My first reaction when a friend showed it to me in a lecture was something along the lines of “urgh, it looks like an HP”. (obviously attracted a few evil [...]

Monday Tennis Wrap-Up

Tennis? What tennis? Not a whole lotta tennis as far as last week was concerned, but some interesting results nevertheless.
 
1. Who the HELL is Petzschner?
That was my first reaction when I saw that Wawrinka had been “upset” in Vienna. From what I gathered, he hails from the wondrous land of Germany, is 125th in the world, [...]