Arena Federer/Nadal/Djokovic Era - Now 1/3rd Over

I'm really torn about who to root for in the Final. I love Novak -- he's probably my favorite contemporary tennis player -- but I always feel bad for Murray, and I think I always will.

 

i feel like i'm pretty much the only person rooting for vika here. i can't just dump my fake girlfriend though. look at her with her hoodie and her headphones. sigh.

 

the announcers just said that 100 million of her countrymen are watching li na play for the title. imagine 100 million of your countrymen watching you do anything, lol.

 

such a tense, nervous match so far. almost painful to watch. not great tennis by any means.

 

First set to Li. Still sloppy.

 

oh no! the match was actually just getting good. hopefully li's ankle will turn out to be ok.

 

weird stuff.

edit: pretty hard not to cheer for li na at this point. but vika is still my girl.

 

vika!

 

There ya go, kids. Cheaters do prosper

 

she had a panic attack and couldn't breathe. it seems like everyone thinks she should have just gone out there anyway and dramatically collapsed on the court or something.

 

men's final underway. this should be good.

 

One could say its been a close game thus far

 

3-1 to Djokovic

 

Crap. Murray needs to turn this around.

 

Djokovic ain't losing 2 sets in a row now.

 

This is all Wawrinka's fault.

Oh well. Djokovic is the best player at the moment. These two will have many more battles ahead.

 

I really thought it was going to be a fantastic match. And then it wasn't. I'd really like to see Djokovic gunning for Nadal at Roland Garros. Someone needs to beat Nadal in a final at the French before Nadal gets so old and weak-kneed that it's a completely hollow victory.

 

I blame the feather

 

i fell asleep after the second set. guess i saw most of the good stuff.

 

Nadal will be ready. He'll never be the clay wizard he was in 2008, when he wiped out Roger Federer by giving up just four games in three sets, but he's still the best clay court player in the world. The margin has diminished, though, and this could be Djokovic's chance to get his career Slam.

 

i'm watching nadal play in the round of 16 at the vtr open. he looks pretty good, if not exactly in top form. it's just nice to see him on the court.

 

nadal crushed federer yesterday in the final of the italian open. he appears to be rounding into form just in time for the french, which starts sunday.

 

It's great to see both of them in a final, but Nadal just rolled over Federer. Clearly, Nadal's lower seeding at Roland-Garros isn't going to make the slightest bit of difference to Nadal. It's just going to be bad for other top seeds who meet him earlier.

 

he's seeded fourth so none of the top three would face him before the semis. pretty much business as usual.

 

My girlfriend Ana Ivanovic won her first round match, barely.