Procrastination (But I Digress)

Monday, June 07, 2010

Nothing is Impossible

But that doesn't always make it fun. Sciavone (spelling is probably wrong) won the Women's French Open. If we ever hear from her again, I will be surprized. She's already 29 years old and this is so by and far her best showing of her career that she can pretty much call it a day and try not to embarass herself for the rest of her life. Is that harsh? I mean it was bad enough that Stosur beat Serena and Jankovic (though I was cheering pretty loudly when she beat Henin), but that Stosur couldn't dig any deeper one more time, was disheartening. Any one of the three big names that Stosur beat would have wiped the floor with bagels beating Sciavone. [Bagels are when you get beat at love or zero.]

Nadal made short work of Soderling, who to be fair had some very difficult matches leading up to the final whereas Rafa, not so much. I was very happy that Rafa won again and that he is again the number 1 seed, but it would have been more fun to watch him beat Roger. Maybe in a few weeks at Wimbolton.

Oh well, two weeks to get ready for the all English club. What kind of a name for a club is that? Especially for tennis, which is so completely international.

3 Comments:

  • At June 7, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    That might be why they call it The All England Club. (there is a Tennis that should be inserted between England and Club)


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  • At June 8, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Blogger Sean M. said…

    Can't wait for Wimbledon! Looking forward to a potential Federer/Nadal re-match, but we'll see how it goes. Roddick nearly had it last year, so I'd like to see him do it again.

    As for the women's side, it's hard to picture Wimbledon without a Williams sister...and to be honest I don't really know any more of the women players. Clijsters is really good, so I'm glad she's back, but I'll have to watch all the coverage and find out who the "it" girls are now.

     
  • At June 9, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Blogger KathrynVH said…

    Clijsters was out with an injury for the French and hasn't really "come back" from her break. Look for Justine Henin and even Sharapova to do well. On the men's side watch out for Del Potro if he is back from his injury--definitely a force. 12 days.

     

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