Oh yeah, my dream has come true! Hewitt VS Roddick this Friday!

Today was both fantastic and disappointing. Right now as I'm typing this the repeat telecast of the Hewitt-Nalbandian match is going on, and I'm enjoying the musical sounds of 'pigs' and 'porks' hahaha. Yup, the sound of tennis balls getting hurt.

I didn't get to watch a single live match today, had to get something done in the afternoon, and right after that I had to go down to Singapore Polytechnic Graduates' Guild (SPGG) to play tennis with Meyer. Well actually the main match that I wanted to catch was the Roddick-Davydenko match. Maybe not haha, cause I honestly think Roddick's matchups this time round are relatively tame IMO. On the other hand, Hewitt and Agassi have been getting tough guys to play with.

I did get what I wanted though: Lleyton Hewitt VS Andy Roddick semi-final!!!

Yeah man yeah, despite Friday being a good day to go out and maybe do 'girl-spotting' haha, I'd rather sit at home and watch this exciting match! Oh boy...can't wait man. Tomorrow's Federer-Safin match will satisfy that crave for a while hehehe.

Roddick's opponent was blazed off the court literally, not by the big serves but by the heat. Poor Russian might have been too accustomed to the colder weather in his motherland, I'm not sure. Anyway after realizing at the 3rd set that he'd have to win almost 3 full sets in order to beat the American, he decided to just give up (he was already having respiratory problems then) instead of playing what might have possibly been his last match ever...good choice I say. Can come back another day after he's adapted to hot weathers, like what Meyer and I frequently experience playing in hot ol' Singapore.

Alright, now I'll comment a bit on the epic 5 set match as I'm watching it.

Wah, Nalbandian is kinda amazing man, he lost the first two sets to Hewitt, and then he won two sets after that. So right now the repeat telecast is showing their 5th set...Their rallies are really nice and consistent, lots of 'pig porks' to hear~!

They also had a lot of disputes (from what I see in this 5th set) with the umpire and line judges. The line judges seem to be sleeping man, keep giving wrong calls. The umpire has overruled at least 3 bad calls. Frequent expressions of astonishment and disbelief radiated from both players' faces. There was even a point where Hewitt said, quite loudly to the line judge behind him 'Wake up!'. Guess they don't appreciate 'pig porks' as much as I do.

Oh wow! There's this fantastic point where Hewitt does a heavy slice drop on the ball which lands near the netpost on Nalbandian's side, and then Nalbandian does an around-the-post forehand! Not as fast as Federer's, but impressive to watch nonetheless. [Update] There's this even more amazing shot Nalbandian did...a between-the-legs shot in the 17th game, last set! Damn, you had to watch it to know why I bothered to come back and update it here...SO GOOD~!!!

Hewitt's really got his work cut out for him man. 4 sets with James Blake, 5 sets with Rafael Nadal and now 5 sets with David Nalbandian. Give that man a break I say...let Andy 'A-Rod' Roddick BREAK him *evil laughter*

P.S. I don't dislike Hewitt, like I said in my earlier posts. I just like Roddick more. Anyway, here are the stats for this wonderful match. Cheers to Hewitt and Nalbandian for the great display of tennis they provided. Neither of them really lost. 'Nuff said. Love ya guys ^_^

Today was fantastic cause I finally got my itchy hands on the tennis balls! Well Meyer and I only managed to play 3 sets out of 5 in about 2.5 hrs at the guild. The scores are currently 7-6 (8), 4-6, 7-6 (3), with Meyer leading 2 sets to 1. So that means this coming weekend I'll have to win two sets back to win the match. Right now I can't be too sure whether I had 3 games or 4 in the second set, but the main point was that I lost it haha.

My serving was quite on form today, had a lot of nice satisfying smacks into the box, and a relatively small percentage of faults. What was really disappointing were my strokes. Had so many wasted forehands and overheads. Plenty of them sent the ball beyond the boundaries, sometimes by just a little bit. Man, I was fuming mad with myself, vented my unfettered frustration on the poor balls during short breaks.

On the other hand, Meyer was having a very bad service game today, he even commented on his 1st serve percentage being zero...hahaha. He did have a few good serves, especially for one crucial game (or set I think), but on the overall he was plagued by faults aplenty. His groundstrokes were still damn good though, had me doing quite a bit of running, and I returned whatever I could, hoping that my poor strokes would keep them in.

First set I got broken in the FIRST game, mostly due to double faults and dumb unforced errors. Was down 0-3 until I finally battled back to win him with a tiebreaker. Pretty epic (by our amateur standards hee) I must say.

Second set was great and crappy. We had a really fun second game where I was attempting to break Meyer's serve. We reached deuce and hovered around there for maybe 20 minutes or even more. Each time either one of us got an advantage, we would lose it as quickly the next. I made many dumb errors there, not getting my volleys in or simply hitting simple shots way out. Meyer finally won that long, drawn out game and soon my errors were giving points, and then games away to end up losing that set.

Third set I was still giving free games to Meyer, but fair enough too I think. His serves were just below par today, think his cough is really something too...Hope this weekend we can finish the 'battle' in style hehe. Less errors more winners please. I must also say that Meyer had some really good lobs, boy I hate those. Must learn how to take care of them cause everytime Meyer gives me one, I usually end up screwing that point. Argh!

Ok, this post is probably getting as stretched as my game today so I'll just put one last interesting paragraph and end it...

Every Wednesday night it seems, there's this 'aerobic boxing class' or something like that at the guild. One fit man and a few women. The last time I saw one guy and one gal wrestling inside and I told Meyer it looked like a Tantric Yoga class. Well tonight Meyer said the guy and gals (3-4) didn't look like they were having lessons, more like just playing inside. FYI the little room inside is covered by glass panes, so don't think we looked through the keyhole or something...and we only see them when we visit Mr Watercooler for our drink break. Hmmz, I wonder if they need one more male instructor...hahaha

Just kidding, but I can say the ladies in there look rather attractive. The guy's quite compatible too. I'll just continue smacking balls. The satisfaction is almost unmatched. Except maybe when compared with 'mixed wrestling' hehe. Lame excuse for some foreplay I say :D