Ray-ray made a more than impressive start to the final competition of the season with a 6-2 6-4 win over a surprisingly flat Sod. (Hahahaha...) He said the court is unusually slow for a hard court which doesn't bode well for anyone who has to face GoNads (Oh, Roddy, how unlucky you are). Well done Ray-ray - It's the big Fed next and I have to say he was in mighty impressive form last night. I was there, with the Fathership (still harping on about Spurs, I might add), as The Fed crushed Ferrer (that was a mouthful for the Umpire, believe me) 6-1 6-4. I'd barely got through my second hot dog by the time it was done. The Fedhand was working to perfection and some of the shots he pulled off were unbelievable. Ferrer did not play badly (although his serve was a little ropey), just Federer played really really really well. I worked out that it was the first time, unbelievably, I'd ever seen Fed play in the flesh so was pleased he was somewhere near his best. It was a pretty awesome sight. He's just so effortless and a really classy guy. And his skin colour is even better in real life. Like caramel. Yum. Plus he gave me one 'Come on!' which I truly appreciated. Still nothing sexier.
Today I watched poor Berdy battle hardy but with little joy as he was soundly beaten by a clinical Djoko, 6-3 6-3. Berdy looked out-of-sorts and continues his poor run of recent weeks, but that's not to say that he didn't try everything to make some kind of impression on the match. He's really been struggling for form and Djoko's love of long rallies and scrapping wasn't helping him find any at the O2. Lets hope he can find something for his next match.
Tonight Roddy plays GoNads in what I'm hoping will be the first great singles game of the competition. Come on three sets! I feel good about Roddick. It's his year I think...
I'll keep you blogged...
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