Make a fool out of me

Ah tennis, how you mock me. How you make me look silly. What did I predict? Fed winning, beating GoNads in four and Clijsters overcoming Woz. Well, half of those people won't even feature in the finals. How wrong can one be?

In the Men's the match I predicted to be the better of the two semi finals was a GoNads drubbing of Youz. Wrong wrong wrong. He won and won with ease. Classy man that GoNads. He reaches his first ever US Open final and has the potential to win his fourth and last Slam to join the greats at the tender age of 24. Wow, that would be something.

And his opponent? The Fed played Djoko for the other final spot. This was going to be the dull game; the never-as-good-as-they-should-be game. It was a complete epic. Five sets. Ebb and flow. Stunning shots, rallies. Everything you could ask for from the 2nd and 3rd players in the world. A brilliant game that DJOKO finally won. He ends Fed's run of six consecutive finals at Flushing meadows. He beats Fed at US Open for the first time in four consecutive years. He is in the final of the US Open again. Yay for Djoko! Sad for The Fed but such is life. I definitely think there's a Slam or two left in that beautiful man. (Has anyone ever noticed the delectable colour of his skin? It's like caramel. I adore his skin. Is that weird?)

Ok, so GoNads is playing Djoko in the final. I got it half right, right? Although now I have to pick a different winner... I'm going to go with Djoko. Why not? In five. Bring on an epic final.

The Ladies was full of drama. Although, again, not only in the way I predicted. The Williams/Clijsters battle was immense and brilliant as I suspected it would be. Clijsters eventually battled past Venus and made her way into the final but not without a lot of difficulty. Venus was awesome in the first set and powered Kim off the court. They were both a little topsy turvy in the second set and Kim eventually won it on the tie break. (Venus did not enjoy that tie break. She forgot how to serve.) The third set was up and down, with the balance shifting all the time. Kim eventually made the decisive break and then held her final serve with nerves of steel. Love that woman.

And she will be playing... Zvonareva. She completely dominated an out-of-sorts Woz and cooly served out a 6-4 6-3 win. Domination. She reached the final of Wimbledon and now this. Could she beat the defending champion? I certainly wouldn't count her out. Still, my heart lies with Kim and I predict she'll do it in three.

I'll keep you blogged...