This is the first time that Fed will not feature in a Wimbledon final in 8 years. He won't even feature in the semi-final. He was beaten, and rather convincingly, by giant-killer Berdy who is turning out to be quite awesome. Four sets, a fair few chances for Fed that he was unable to capitalise on, a fair few for Berdy too who took advantage of them every time. His serving was amazing, his forehand was immense and he played out an impressive and effective game plan. He deserved to win. Fed didn't play badly by any means, he was just powered off the court by a better man. And Berdy is pretty. I'm sad about Fed, and I really hope he can bounce back from this - the US Open will be very inetersting - but I'm happy that something is changing. It feels like a changing of the guards; great players coming through who are able to beat the top guys. A new grand slam winner... someone other than Fed or GoNads (I know Djoko and Del Potty have won them in recent years but not often enough for my liking and therefore not convincingly enough). I like Berdy, I like Ray-ray; I like that they're there and very much involved in this Open. I'm all for a Berdy/Ray-ray final. I wouldn't mind a GoNads/Djoko final. I love Djoko and he is looking hot right now. He was awesome against Lu. Crushing. It's about time he found his form again and won another slam. He's certainly good enough. And then there's Ray-ray, lovely moody brilliant sporadically childish Ray-ray. He could really do it this year. Yes, on paper he has the harder semi, but he beat GoNads the last time they played in a slam semi and lost to Berdy at the French. It's going to be tough but he could do it.
The more I see and hear of GoNads the more I like him, he's sweet and kind and incredibly sporting, but I would still love to see one of the other three take it.
Went to Wimbledon today and saw three doubles matches on Court 1. Loved it. Very enjoyable. Especially the Malisse/Clijsters vs. Melo/Stubbs match. Lots of laughs indeed.
Ladies final = defending champ Serena Williams vs. Vera Zvonareva. Very inetersting indeed.
I'll keep you blogged...
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