Monday, July 6, 2009

Wimbledon withdrawal.


The side effects from the blissful two weeks of Wimbledon have already sabotaged my happiness.

I feel a million times worse than the way I normally feel when smashed by a terrible hangover.

Why don't they schedule Wimbledon at least twice a year?


Anyway, besides my joyless mood, I absolutely enjoyed those fourteen days of top class tennis.

To sugarcoat the moment, my favourite player, Serena Williams came out tops, defeating her elder sis who was also the defending champion, in straight sets.

The sisters went on to scoop the doubles title, somehow a consolation for the tear-stained Venus.

Everyone is free to say whatever they want about the Williams sisters, but one thing still is clear, they are true STARS!


Roger Federer is spinning on top of the world as am typing this for he just broke a record of being the first man ever to win 15 Grand Slams. I'm sure Peter Sampras wishes he was back on tour.

Roger is surely a veritable tennis legend. Everytime he's on court, magic surges out. Yestersday's match was one of the greatest and longest finals Wimbledon has seen in a long time. To think I even thought of missing it.....

I must say, Andy Roddick fought with everything he had, only the odds were totally against him. He must be not only hip-broken, but also heart-bruised.


Till next year.....



Thursday, July 2, 2009

An all-Williams Wimbledon final....


If you look at the state of my nails now, you'd cringe with shock.

They have stopped bleeding now, but are still very red and raw.

Yeah, Serena Williams' and Elena Dementieva's tense Wimbledon semi final match put me through all this pain am having now.


It was a two hour and fourty minute session of blood and sweat for the two great tennis stars.

Serena, who is on a bid to her third Wimbledon title, and eleventh Grand Slam lost the first set to the untiring Russian in a very intense tie break.

Second set went to the American, but it was another long struggle from both sides.

I must say, Elena Dementieva played magnificently through out the match. Even her serve, which is normally her weakest weapon did wonders today. She was match point at 5-4 in her favour, in the third set, when Serena hit a splendid volley a few inches from the net bringing the game back to duece. It was impressive and insanely intense!

After another scare of a match point from the Russian, at 6-5, the American pulled everything she had from under her sleeve and again wobbled out of deep trouble she was in.

Serena went on and broke Elena's serve at 6-6 convincing everyone what a great warrior she really is, and a few minutes later ended her opponent's Wimbledon journey.


Serena's attitude and ofcourse some stroke of luck brought her victory when all hope was lost. It was one soul-crippling match we all are gonna remember in years to come. And Elena Dementieva surely gave it her all.


The second semi final match was rather a contrast of the first. Venus Williams, the elder of the mafia sisters didn't waste any time in showing the current world number one Dinara Safina she was still the boss.

Dinara was shamefully outplayed and it was so painful to watch.

We knew ofcourse that Venus, the vicious grass vixen wasn't going to be outpowered.... but we just never thought her final step into the final was going to be that easy.


The million dollar question is: Which one of the Williams is going to be the champion on Saturday?

Even though I still strongly feel Venus will win, I'll still go with Serena. I always go with Serena, anyway.

I love both Sisters and think they are both incredible, but I think Serena's wow-attitude and dramatic ways draw so much attention from people making her the more likeable character of the two.

Venus is rather reserved and calm and its hard to guess what she is thinking.

On court, the two sisters bring with their different characters along. Serena is not afraid to show emotions and when things aren't going her way she screams or breaks a racquet...anything to release the tension. Venus is totally the opposite. She is almost emotionless on court...


Anyway, lets meet on saturday for the final.

Tomorrow its men's semis, Murray Vs Roddick and The Feds Vs Haas.