... unless you want me to rant about the frickin' weather and how i want to pack my arse off to siberia, allow me to babble ;p

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surf's up! the tv, i mean... i'm glad that for the first few days of my break i had the pleasure of watching the Sony Ericsson Open held in Key Biscayne, Florida as part of the ATP Masters Series. it was a crazy coincidence that as i started to tune in, i heard that Roger Federer just lost to Guillermo Canas for the second time in a row! (the first was Indian Wells -- where Canas broke Fed's 41-match streak, and now this at the 4th round) ... it was disappointing to say the least. what wrong could Rog be doing?! led me to wonder who the buck is this Argentinian making his comeback (after some months' suspension because of a drug-related problem, i read) that looks very much like Sayid from "Lost" (hahaha) ... The Fed shall return!!!

anyhoo, one of the matches i managed to catch last week was the quarterfinal between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic... being such a biased observer, i sided with Djokovic (though between Nadal & Canas, i'd pick Rafa any day, thank you ;p) ... not expecting it would be a Djokovic-Canas final in the end! just last sunday i was reading a British tennis magazine (there is such a thing!) and it featured Novak... i was surprised that this Serbian is just 19 years old! and he's already on the Top 10 rankings! Sharapova's just about the same age -- MY AGE! great players are getting younger by the day... i better pick up a racquet or something..

in the finals, it's crazy to bet on the guy who kicked your idol out twice, right? but of course! i have no other option but to go with the Serb (i think he needs a good hairdo), hoping against hope that 'Sayid' wouldn't crush him. i do remember a Federer-Djokovic match back at the Australian Open and it was a really good game, so i expected a treat on this final that i luckily caught today... came by the tailend of the second set, with that never-ending deuce that last over 20 minutes, certainly a battle of nerves and arms. after finally winning that set, Djokovic rallied almost smoothly to clinch his first-ever ATP Series championship. amazing talent, he's the guy to watch out for... =)

another case with the women's side (ok, so i don't pay much attention to the ladies... harhar) was the Justine Henin-Serena Williams finals showdown. shock was it when Williams pulled the plug on Sharapova, reminiscent of the Aussie Open final back in the earlier matches... apparently this tournament is a nightmare for the No. 1's. =p this is a real testament that when Serena wants it, she wants it bad... determined to be on shape, on top. so watching the final, i was puzzled with the first set, when Henin easily handed out a bagel (6-0). where was the fighting form? true enough, Williams upped the ante, not giving up with her magnificent backhands and calculated strokes... winning, yet again, another championship. i won't be surprised if she revs up as the #1 in the WTA rankings this year, back to where she belongs. :)

gah, i'm just so happy whenever i see tennis stuff on tv... *fangirling*

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