Monday, June 8, 2009

that was good

Really nice to see Roger win the French! Boy did he want it. He earned it too, with that perfect tiebreak when the match might have turned, and with his consistently gutsy play all week, punctuated by artful, lilting dropshots.

There is a lot of talk that now that the pressure is off him he will play with greater freedom and begin to beat Murray, Djokovic and Nadal. Here at fuzzy, we buy it! Think of it this way: Roger was one set from both Wimbledon and Australia in the last year. At Wimbledon it was two points, as Rafa served at 6-7 30-all. If Roger wins those he has four straight slams, his most dominant run ever.

But without getting caught up in what-ifs and what-may-comes, a great day for Roger and his fans. He seemed to be crying during the entire last game. Crazy. But its good that he cries both for wins and losses.
And Soderling won us over with his play all week, his speech, and especially his obvious concern for Roger after that strange incident.

On to the grass! Lets hope Rafa is fit, I already miss seeing the guys together on the second Sunday.

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