Today I was at the O2 again and saw a pretty bog-standard doubles match and a mostly bog-standard singles. Ok, that's a little harsh. Both matches were great because they're tennis but the doubles didn't ever really take off and Moody and Norman won pretty easily in the end. There were a few great shots - some excellent cross-court volleys - but mostly it was pretty cut and dry. Blimey, how many cliches can I find to describe what was essentially a dull match?
The singles was a lot better for the first ten games. Berdy and Roddy were serving very well indeed but also returning well. It was a pretty fast-paced match. They were both looking good and I was having good feelings about the match. I could see it going all the way. At five-all it looked for all the world that the first set would go to a tie-break (especially after Roddy missed two set points on Berdy's serve at 15-40) but then Rod inexplicably lost his serve and Berdy held his and suddenly Rod was a set down. The second set was over in a blur of decent play (Berdy) and bad grace (Rod) with Berdych beating A-Rod 7-5 6-3. Not the match I was hoping for but on the plus side I was really close to the players and had a magnificent view of their derrieres.
Shallow? Moi?
And tonight GoNads crushed Djoko 7-5 6-2. Djoko had some bizarre eye issue and said he 'couldn't play' from 5-5 in the first set. I hate to be cynical but doesn't that just sound like Djoko? I mean, you can't imagine The Fed or GoNads ever complaining about an eye problem and claiming they couldn't see the ball. I don't know about Djokovic. I want to like him but sometimes he makes it so hard.
Arsenal are making me unhappy.
THE ASHES HAVE BEGUN!!! Oh boy, Strauss got bowled for a duck. That may not be a good start.
I'll keep you blogged...
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