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Last Updated: 11/22/2009

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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 
I was at Roland Garros at the weekend. Sunday in fact - I had to play the "Nouveau Casino" later that night.
I love going to Tennis tournaments - I've done all the Grand Slams now...I still regard Wimbledon as the heavyweight.
Its the tradition, the color, the posh and the whites that make it...but Roland Garros is a close second - also in a relatively
leafy part of town and also highly attended by tennis club nerds and dubious single males. I was still beating from Bruges when I strolled through the
gates just after 2 but as soon as I took my seat in Court Suzanne Lenglen I immediately got into some
head rocking of a different sort - a great order of play including Murray stepping comfortably into the quarters and then
Ana Ivanovich getting rolled over good and proper by 'future champ' Victoria Azarenka who's taken the role of vocal
gymnastics to a new record high pitch - she sure can scream!
I was loving my day by the clay even if I did miss the game of the year taking place next door with the flailing Nadal
unable to get past Swede Robin Soderling - but I did see the interviews later - Soderling was like the first time I heard 4 Hero's remix of
"Blackgold of the sun" - beyong happy!
and of course its opened up the whole top part of the draw - leaving Murray in a possible final type situation. I really
hope he makes it this year - and this could be his year at Roland Garros - what with Federer beatable and Novak Djokavic
out already. he's still got to get past Gonzalez later and then possibly Davidenko - no Soderling now - but I can feel his time coming.
Got to say that I was mightily impressed by Jonathan Overend the BBC 5live commentator who was jamming with me at the club later that night
but who still managed to sound exceptionally on it when live on the Nicky Campbell show at 9 the next morning - respect sir!
Ancelotti at Chelsea - not sure about that one - wouldn't be too happy if I was a Blue on that one. okay he'll bring in Kaka but as a gooner I think they've got another Scolari situation here so I'm kind of pleased...why not Zola - he's the one the fans want - he's got humility and class and add to that some Abromovich money and its all good....strange decision...
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Dayo

 
haha brilliant. And..."what with Federer beatable" - yep. Federer might be winning at the minute but yes he is not his former self (that's not to say he won't win it though...). I've kinda warmed to Murray over the last few years. I think he's finally surrounded himself with the right people who 'manage' what he utters (very important!!!). I have a sneaky hunch that he could/will do it if Federer messes up. But yeah, going back to Nadal: didn't see that one coming in a million years. People will talk of that 'upset' for years to come. Loved the way Nadal took it on the chin though - none of that 'excuses excuses' bizznizz - he will bounce back. Wimbledon, all of a sudden, has become a big big tournament for Nadal - you just know Federer will be ALL up for that one.

Ancelotti at Chelsea?? Can't be bothered to be honest. 'HATE' Chelsea - LOL - Everton spoilt a very good week i was having last weekend with Man U getting humiliated by Barca and all that..

Nice one Gilles P

: )

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Posted by Dayo on Tuesday, June 02, 2009 - 3:16 PM
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Francois

 
Bon bah pour Murray, ça sera pour l'année prochaine... pour Caen aussi....... !!!!!
 
Posted by Francois on Tuesday, June 02, 2009 - 8:27 PM
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Milic aka Spacewalker
Milic Bugarcic

 
Ha ha, never figured you as a tennis head, respect!

We didn't do too well this year, Djokovic, Jankovic & Ivanovic all dropping out relatively early - compared to last year when Ivanovic won it, and the other two made it to the semi-finals. Good thing Wimbledon is just around the corner!

Looking fwd to the men's semis today, I presume you being a Swiss, are a FedEx (or ExFed depending on what you think of him) man? Should be an easy win for him against Del Potro today, if you can judge it by their previous encounters - 5 matches, Fed winning all of them. Then again,  with players like Del Potro you never know. And on that note, Soderling's the biggest mystery for me at the moment, Nadal beat him last month on clay 6-1, 6-0, and then he goes off and easily beats Rafa at the RG!? Didn't see that one coming, imagine the (very few) people who put money on Soderling!

Check out these two Youtube clips of previous Nadal - Soderling matches, especially the Wimbledon one from a couple of years back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eog0TaQ1o3c&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CnX6k0snxA

On to football! Seems like the Kaka Real move is stirring up mega controversy with Berlusconi saying they can/must sell him, but it's up to Kaka to decide if he wants to stay. The AC Milan fans are going crazy! And I don't see their logic in bringing in a former player with no coaching experience to run a football club that hasn't won a single trophy in 3 years - Leonardo's no Guardiola!

On a side note, THANK YOU for putting Enrico Pieranunzi - Polychrome on the HORO comp! Been after that one for ages, it's been eluding me for so long that I gave up trying to find it on vinyl!

Apologies for a long post, haven't been on Myspace in months

 
Posted by Milic aka Spacewalker on Friday, June 05, 2009 - 10:59 AM
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K

 
"...dubious single males." Puts me mind of a certain visit to the Turkish baths not long ago...;)

 
Posted by K on Saturday, June 06, 2009 - 12:09 PM
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