Middle Sunday
At Wimbledon, the middle Sunday is a day off for everyone. This makes for a very exciting Second Monday, because everyone who has made it through to the round of 16 plays. Since all the top seeds have made it through--this is probably the greatest day in tennis (since Second Monday last year).
So I woke up at 5:30 a.m.--very unusual, but I immediately thought TENNIS. I turned on the coverage (that was only lasting until 7:00 a.m., boo hoo). Venus pulled out a win with the necessity of some effort. Kim dominated Henin during the time that I was able to watch, though the score looks like Justine was playing better in the first set. They only showed the end of Janokovic retiring, but the commentator wasn't buying it--he said she was getting embarrassed out there, so she quit. I want to hope that wasn't the case, but the score seems to tell the story. And Wozniacki--out to who in the heck is Kvitova? The field in Women's is wide open for the Williams sisters and Kim Clijsters. If there are no upsets, Kim will play Venus in the Semi-final and if she wins, she'll probably face Serena--talk about up hill battle.
I am at work now with no tv coverage, but the webcite has Roddick really struggling--yikes. Querrey seems to be no match for Murray, but it is early and Ferrer is giving Soderling some challenge. I wouldn't mind Soderling being out.
When the tv turned on this morning at 5:30 a.m., my eyes not yet quite really open, it looked like Federer was down a set to Melzer, but it was my eyes. Fed won in straight sets and is looking stronger than ever. Meanwhile, Nadal's last match was tough and he is looking a bit beat up. We will see. His match today hasn't started yet.
There are so many great matchs today that are already over, but I'm not sure if tv will show me any part of them--Djokovic v. Hewitt, Tsonga got a win, Berdych got a win--I see the score for Soderling v. Ferrer, but will we actually see any of the match? I'm sure that they will show us Serena and Sharapova, but there are no guarentees. What a great day of tennis--it is like having too many choices at a buffet. I hope ESPN2 knows what I like.
p.s. I just checked the doubles--Petrova and Stosur out. I don't know when that happened, but heartbreak. On the mens side Nestor/Zimonjic the number one seeds--out--Good luck Bryan brothers with a little less competition.
So I woke up at 5:30 a.m.--very unusual, but I immediately thought TENNIS. I turned on the coverage (that was only lasting until 7:00 a.m., boo hoo). Venus pulled out a win with the necessity of some effort. Kim dominated Henin during the time that I was able to watch, though the score looks like Justine was playing better in the first set. They only showed the end of Janokovic retiring, but the commentator wasn't buying it--he said she was getting embarrassed out there, so she quit. I want to hope that wasn't the case, but the score seems to tell the story. And Wozniacki--out to who in the heck is Kvitova? The field in Women's is wide open for the Williams sisters and Kim Clijsters. If there are no upsets, Kim will play Venus in the Semi-final and if she wins, she'll probably face Serena--talk about up hill battle.
I am at work now with no tv coverage, but the webcite has Roddick really struggling--yikes. Querrey seems to be no match for Murray, but it is early and Ferrer is giving Soderling some challenge. I wouldn't mind Soderling being out.
When the tv turned on this morning at 5:30 a.m., my eyes not yet quite really open, it looked like Federer was down a set to Melzer, but it was my eyes. Fed won in straight sets and is looking stronger than ever. Meanwhile, Nadal's last match was tough and he is looking a bit beat up. We will see. His match today hasn't started yet.
There are so many great matchs today that are already over, but I'm not sure if tv will show me any part of them--Djokovic v. Hewitt, Tsonga got a win, Berdych got a win--I see the score for Soderling v. Ferrer, but will we actually see any of the match? I'm sure that they will show us Serena and Sharapova, but there are no guarentees. What a great day of tennis--it is like having too many choices at a buffet. I hope ESPN2 knows what I like.
p.s. I just checked the doubles--Petrova and Stosur out. I don't know when that happened, but heartbreak. On the mens side Nestor/Zimonjic the number one seeds--out--Good luck Bryan brothers with a little less competition.
posted by KathrynVH @ 10:06 AM
1 Comments:
At June 29, 2010 at 7:54 PM,
Marcel said…
Your similie of choices at a buffet is most apt - I like picking what I want but sometimes it does not turn out as we like.
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