Experienced the pure joy of watching LIVE TENNIS (on TV, obvious) after ages !!
It was battle of the titans as Rafael Nadal took over Novak Djokovic in the Hamburg Master's semifinal.
If i revere Federer, then i think these two stand next in line!
The future of men's tennis for the next 4-5 years looks set (realistically considering Fedex s retirement!)
But this post does not concern the future of tennis..
The reason behind this post is, the author being totally astounded by the quality of the game and the sheer competitive spirit of the two!
The match's start was pretty predictable, with the clay czar taking away the first set! (i missed the first few games). Novak, did fight back but lost the first set 7-5!
Rafa looked unstoppable after the first set with hardly any unforced errors in his kitty..each rally was being played to perfection..every shot was a beauty..specially the drop shots..he used them quite a lot today!
but this was just a snapshot!
in the 2nd set, joker made a comeback..he won it 6-2..it was his chance to play intelligent and at the same time beautiful tennis! He won the crucial 3rd game, by breaking nadal's serve which made the match truly entertaining. All the rallies were a run for money! i dont remember a single point when i dint clap! It was really difficult to cheer any one of the two..i wonder what the crowd went through! Both used almost all the shots available/invented/improvised!
The third set was more of the war of the minds..the survival of the toughest types!
Though joker was broken in the first game itself, he gave a good fight! It was a tense moment when nadal was up with 3-2 and novak looked to level the scores. But the clay king prevailed, he took the crucial lead of 4-2 and then won 6-2 straight, with a highly frustrating match point battle! Frustrating for the two, as its always a treat to watch an amazing game of tennis.
For me, the outcome of the match wasn't so important..it was the pure perfection of play and the hard earned winners! Mind-blowing!
The match statistics also proved this, both were neck to neck in every section..novak's only weak section being the 'break points won'..he could convert only 4 out of 19 into winners to rafa's 5 out of 9! Can be said that it was Rafa's day in the end! Now the final looks really yummy with fedex (i wish he wins) and rafa set on the platter!
My ooh's and aah's and the claps were so loud that my roomy also came and saw the whole match with me and enjoyed! Such was the beauty of the game!
I saw a simply superb tennis match full of action,suspense and drama after eons and the satisfaction i feel is 'better left unexplained' types.. :D
Wonder what those who saw the match live must be feeling!
being lazy ...
yawn...
i know im being lazy..
yawn...i know im being lazy..
another of those long, scary yawns...
its not helping, i know..sigh..
guess i can blame it on the weather..it got to me..
what do u expect me to write sitting cozy in an AC office, with very little work and loads of forwards to catch up on ???
laziness is bliss..
u can just be that and invite no unwanted work..at home no one will ask u to cook or do the chores, specially with that bored to death expression on ur face..
u can avoid all the possible dates (this is to give an impression of self worth..not that im asked out often!) and get togethers..
u get to lie in ur sheets for time unlimited..
u just nod ur head off in the most annoying fashion, to any argument thrown ur way, with that 'really!' expression on oppsition's face!
basically no one blames u..
they just say 'oh! she is a sloth!! just ignore her'
im telling u all this 'being lazy' stuff is really rewarding!u dont struggle to get noticed, eventually no one notices u and u just bypass the pain inflicted by being in the lime light!u get a world class reputation without paying much for it!
al right..now im contradicting myself..the very enthusisatic and active one!enough is enough..
life's been a whirlwind of 'decision making' for the past two weeks hence every other 'attribute' of me is in hibernated state!if u have read 'blink' u will know that we take major decisions in r lives within 1/11th of a second(something called as thin slicing)!! mindblowing!the silly,stupid brain with its extra powers also gets exhausted by such things!
i had thought after the much hyped resignation to my beloved great indian software firm and two admits in my kitty, life would be on an all together differente path..
alas..
guess this short spell is a premonition to something big coming my way! wat did u just see, a tornado ?? the butterfly effect!!
shower grace on thee, my lord!
in the mean time, will take a short nap, right here right now! at my desk..
a bientot!
i know im being lazy..
yawn...i know im being lazy..
another of those long, scary yawns...
its not helping, i know..sigh..
guess i can blame it on the weather..it got to me..
what do u expect me to write sitting cozy in an AC office, with very little work and loads of forwards to catch up on ???
laziness is bliss..
u can just be that and invite no unwanted work..at home no one will ask u to cook or do the chores, specially with that bored to death expression on ur face..
u can avoid all the possible dates (this is to give an impression of self worth..not that im asked out often!) and get togethers..
u get to lie in ur sheets for time unlimited..
u just nod ur head off in the most annoying fashion, to any argument thrown ur way, with that 'really!' expression on oppsition's face!
basically no one blames u..
they just say 'oh! she is a sloth!! just ignore her'
im telling u all this 'being lazy' stuff is really rewarding!u dont struggle to get noticed, eventually no one notices u and u just bypass the pain inflicted by being in the lime light!u get a world class reputation without paying much for it!
al right..now im contradicting myself..the very enthusisatic and active one!enough is enough..
life's been a whirlwind of 'decision making' for the past two weeks hence every other 'attribute' of me is in hibernated state!if u have read 'blink' u will know that we take major decisions in r lives within 1/11th of a second(something called as thin slicing)!! mindblowing!the silly,stupid brain with its extra powers also gets exhausted by such things!
i had thought after the much hyped resignation to my beloved great indian software firm and two admits in my kitty, life would be on an all together differente path..
alas..
guess this short spell is a premonition to something big coming my way! wat did u just see, a tornado ?? the butterfly effect!!
shower grace on thee, my lord!
in the mean time, will take a short nap, right here right now! at my desk..
a bientot!
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