SHOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This years Wimbledon is very interesting. In my previous post u may find my analysis. But i was wrong. Roger proved to be unstoppable. He is just in his way to his 6th title. But it is with other top seeds who have stumbled to reach the important games.

Shock started for me from Day 4. I geared up to see the match starting with Sania Mirza. Being an Indian i wanted her to win the title. The match was very interesting tat it went to the deciding set where there are no tie breaker. Players have to make it a two game lead to win the game. I had another program schedule from my friend and was glued in my seat for more than 45 mins without making any preparations. I was late for the party for 45 mins and had nice scoldings from my friends. I called up my mom for the updates and found that Sania has lost to an unranked player Maria Jose Martinez sanchez.

I became restless and so i started from the party a bit early. When i reached home i was happy to make it to a important match. But it was nothing more than crashing fo the top seeded player Maria Sharapova.

The next match was between Tipseravic and Andy Roddick. I m a die hard fan of Roddick's serve. He served almost 30 aces but everyting went in vain. guess what he was on the next in line to get out of the Wimbledon.

At the end of the day Six shocks of the day (seeding in brackets)
1. Maria Sharapova (3) v Alla Kudryavsteva won by the later (2-6, 4-6)
2. Andy Roddick (6) v Janko Tipsarevic won by the later (7-6, 5-7, 4-6, 6-7.)
3. James Blake (9) v Rainer Schuettler won by the later (3-6, 7-6, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6)
4. Daniela Hantuchova (10) v Alisa Kleybanova won by the later (3-6, 6-4, 1-6)
5. Vera Zvonareva (13) v Tamarine Tanasugarn won by the later (6-7,6-4,3-6)
6. Sania Mirza (32) v Jose Martinez Sanchez won by the later (0-6, 6-4, 7-9)

I was so disappointed at the end of day 4 to see some of the top seeded players to lose their spotlight

DAY 5
Since there was no interesting matches i decided to turn on my TV after some time of the start of the play. Guess wat? I had an unexpected visit from my friends so was not able to watch the match. But i was happy when the match was delayed due to rain.
Roger had his first match of the day and i was damn sure he would ease his way through. So yesterday also i did not watch the matches properly.

This morning i got up to check the score updates and was shocked to see Ana Ivanovic crushed out of my Wimbledon. My recent crush after Henin was Ivanovic. When saw the result i was shocked and was staring at the monitor. When my mom entered my room she was taken aback to see me like tat. I told her the reason and she said that she knew it earlier and didn't want to upset me. I reluctantly checked my mails. Then saw that
Amelie Mauresemo and David Ferrer was also crushed out.

Today is the 6th day and Rafael has got a match. i hope that he makes to the final.

Top seeded players who are still in the match as on Day 5 are as follows

MEN'S SEED
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Leyton Hewitt
Richard Gasquet
Marcos Baghdatis
Andy Murray
Stanislas Wawrinka

LADIES' SEED
Jelena Jankovic
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Dementieva
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Anna Chakvetadze
Dinara Safina

Unexpected players are as follows:

MEN'S SINGLES
Mario Ancic
Marat Safin
Fernando Verdasco

LADIES' SINGLES
Jie Zheng
Bethanie Mattek

Lets hope atleast few top seeded players progress to the Semis and Finals.

WIMBLEDON 2008

Today Wimbledon starts. I m more excited more than wen Rolland Garros started. On 20th of this month draws were given out. I was totally shocked. I think it is a test for Roger to prove his capability and win this title to add as 6th Wimbledon in a row.

For Djokovic there isn't much challenging player except David Nalbandian ,Stanislas Wawrinka , Marcos Baghdatis and Marat Safin . But it is very easy since he has defeated all the players one or more time.

For Andy Roddick it is just a piece of cake, only James Blake will be a hinderance to progress into the second round. But my heart says he has good opportunity to snatch the title from Roger for himself.

Horror struck me wen I saw Rafael's slot. only Andy Murray n Radek Stepanekare there. Rafael has already beat for number of times. So definitely Rafael is likely to progress atleast to semifinals if possible to finals.

But for Roger it is very difficult. When I saw his slot I decided I have to accept his loss(if it happens) at any point in the game.In his slot the players who will testify his talent are Gael Monfils ,Lleyton Hewitt ,Fernando Gonzalez,Philipp Kohlschreiber and David Ferrer.

Even the media felt that the very difficult slot belongs to Roger to test his capability.

I have cancelled all my programs for 15 days hoping to see Roger in live action. I pray that he wins the title for the sixth time in a row.But guess wat Rafael Nadal and Djokovic aim to transform Roger Federer's golden era into a new dark age and destroy the Swiss superstar's dream of a record sixth successive Wimbledon crown.

On the other side the women slot is a bit dry. For Ana Ivanovic important match would be against Anna Chakvetadze and it is very easy for her to clinch her first Wimbledon title.

Next slot was very bad and there are only Serena Williams and Amelie Mauresmo. Either one of the player will progress.

The most interesting slot wud be this slot. the players in this slot are Maria Sharapova, Dinara Safina , Lindsay Davenport , Elena Dementieva. Maria has to work out hard to clinch the title for one more time.

In the final slot it wud be a game between two persons viz Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic. Jelena may be looking forward for her maiden title.

Though the women's slot looks dry there may be few actions if the top seeds meet especially Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams.

Lets see who will be this years champion followed by Justine Henin's retirement.

Lets us not miss this years action.

YEVLLAVU NERAM WAIT PANNA?

This week i went to a treat given by my cousin.. as a resident in chennai i suggested him a near by hotel which is very popular. We thought tat it wud be nice after having a worst experience in another hotel few weeks back. guess wat? when we reached there we ordered for our soups n starters n asked the bearer to bring it. He asked us to give even the main course then coz there wud be delay due to weekend rush.. irritating for usall. so we just gave away the main course also.. but while giving orders the bearer just told one statement "Sir, adhellam menu cardla mattum dhan irukku..".. we al laughed for sumtime n got sum curses from cousin later at home for selecting the home

After waiting for another 45 minutes(guess..i think it was too long) we got our soups. Since we were all hungry we started to dig the food. HORROR!!!! the was cold.. wen we asked the bearer abt the reason... no answer. I drank the soup like water. A glare from my cousin(meaning adiyae yennai pazhi vangitiyae!!!!!). we thought it will take atleast another hour for the main course but we were awestruck cos the main arrived within 15mins. have to accept tat main course was very good! after for sum 1hr 20min we had our main course satisfactorily.

Here cums the final touch, the dessert. He gave a menu card n said tat all are available.. we were very happy n started ordering our desserts. We asked for fried icecream but the bearer glared at me. he thought we were joking with him. he din know that that dish existed. So me n my cousin wanted to taste the Italian delights and so we ordered two different ice creams. After 5 mins bearer returned to tell us that the two Italian delights are not available. here it goes, from very first wat ever me n my cousin ordered was not at all available. Another cousin suggested me to go for FRAPPES. with heavy heart we both ordered.

Another 20 mins passed. Wat the hell is this? for dessert 20 mins.. i have never experienced anything like this. Ours were the first to arrive and so happily started irritating including my bro. HORROR!!!!!! It was not FRAPPES.. it was just a chocolate milkshake. Now others started irritating me. soon one by one started getting their own desserts. Before finishing the desserts we decided to ask the bill so that we need not wait too long... GUESS wat? the bill arrive before we finished the dessert. (ada pavigala ippadiya service pannuveenga).

We started to hotel at 7:45 and reached after 3hrs and 30 mins. it was fully fun but i dono why do ppl in hotel put a menu which has items tats not available in their hotel.. can't they update the card. i think it is better have a black board for the menu than any menu cards

Kiss TheGirls!!!!!

Recently I started reading novels written by James Patterson and he became my favorite novelist after Dan Brown. I started reading a book called KISS THE GIRLS (Very Creepy Fiction abt two serial rapists and murderers). It was very interesting tat I was not able to keep the book down. When i finished the novel my heart was heavy. It made me feel if there may be persons as described in the book. It made me feel tat how danger it can be wen u are far from ur well wishers. Though the book was creepy the author was impressive in bring the plot very interestingly. Hoping to finish all his books in my holidays

CONFUSED

Do u know how difficult it is to gift someone who is really close to you and especially your close friend with whom you have shared everything? When I got up this morning I realised that I have got only few days left for my close friend's birthday and I have not decided what to give her. As days get closer I feel like banging my head since I m out of ideas wat to be done on this occasion. I really cursed the person who found the method "gifting". Few days back I asked her if she is in need of anything which i can gift. But to my horror she said nothing and so I m back to square one. What am I to do? I m still thinking what would be the best gift for her since she is someone who is very special to me. Hoping to find some new idea.

THE ULTIMATE GIFT

Recently i downloaded & watched this movie as it was recommended by my closest friend. when i started watching this movie i thought it is another english masala movie.But guess wat? i was happier when watching this movie and became contended after watching this movie. I learnt how fortunate to have few of the gifts tat have been mentioned in this movie like gift of learning,friends,family,money and many more. After long time in my life i really enjoyed a movie and was moved towards the end of the movie. As the movie says "Life is what you live it. Life is what u spend it" I believe in those statemnets for we have no clue if there is going to be another day for us to live. I recommened anyone who reads this post to wach the movie. Don't miss it for we all have to understand what do we really miss in life. Is it money?nah the life itself. Cherish every moment that u live today

THE WINING STREAK CONTIUNES

Rafael Nadal thrashed world number one Roger Federer to win a fourth successive French Open title on Sunday.

This Sunday I cancelled all my programs and took position in front my television to watch the final clash between Roger and Rafael, hoping for a new French Open winner this time. When I saw both the players warm up for their match I was hoping that Roger would win his French Open putting to a stop to the Spaniard’s winning streak.
Since the toss was won by Roger himself I thought it to be a sign indicating that there was gonna be a new winner. Rafael proved that he is the Royal King of Clay Court (that’s how I call him). The first set started with a heavy blow. Roger lost his serving points. Rafael was able to break Roger’s service easily. Rafael easily geared up to 2-0 lead in the final set.

I changed my sitting place from one sofa to another. At this point Roger put an ace and took his place on the board (1-2). I was mad and crazy at him so I didn’t want him to lose. So what do you people think? For the next 20 or 25 minutes I didn’t change my position and my legs went numb. But guess what? Rafael won the first convincingly (6-1).

I was totally dejected. Then the second set was quite interesting. Second set also started the same way first did. Roger lost two games and came back to level the score (2-2). Then it was a tough competition between the two. I was hoping that Roger would win the set. But he could not break Rafael’s serve. Rafael stormed past him and kept the match to him (6-3).

At this point I was reminded of the Australian Open 2008 Quarter-finals match between Roger and Tipseravic. Here also Roger lost first two sets and recovered by wining the three consecutive sets. I was hoping that the same thing would happen.

So I decided that I would have my fingers crossed. Guess what? Third set also started similarly. But in case of third set Rafael didn’t allow the top seed to get a glimpse of that victory spark. He easily broke Roger’s serve. He was leading the game 5-0. It was time for Roger’s server. The score was again in favour of Rafael. He was having Triple Championship point. Roger broke that. Now Rafael was having Double Championship point. A forehand shot from Roger went past the baseline and Rafael was again having the trophy for himself. There was not celebration from him.

The Spaniard, 22, won 6-1 6-3 6-0 in one hour 48 minutes to become the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1981 to win four Roland Garros titles in a row. Federer had lost the previous two finals to Nadal, and was broken at the start of each set this time as he fell well below his best form.

Nadal becomes the seventh man to win a Grand Slam without dropping a set. The last man to do so was Federer himself, at the Australian Open last year, but the aura of invincibility has well and truly left the Swiss now.

Here’s the statistics of both the players in French open. You can see how Roger has lost two sets in the matches whereas Rafael lost none and that shows the real talent and spirited play by the sapniard.

RAFAEL"S STATISTICS
Finals
Roger Federer SUI (1) 1 3 0
Rafael Nadal ESP (2) 6 6 6

Semifinals
Novak Djokovic SRB (3) 4 2 6(3)
Rafael Nadal ESP (2) 6 6 7(7)

Quarterfinals
Nicolas Almagro ESP (19) 1 1 1
Rafael Nadal ESP (2) 6 6 6

4th Round
Fernando Verdasco ESP (22) 1 0 2
Rafael Nadal ESP (2) 6 6 6

3rd Round
Jarkko Nieminen FIN (26) 1 3 1
Rafael Nadal ESP (2) 6 6 6

2nd Round
Nicolas Devilder FRA 4 0 1
Rafael Nadal ESP (2) 6 6 6

1st Round
Thomaz Bellucci BRA 5 3 1
Rafael Nadal ESP (2) 7 6 6

ROGER’S STATISTICS
Finals
Roger Federer SUI (1) 1 3 0
Rafael Nadal ESP (2) 6 6 6

Semifinals
Roger Federer SUI (1) 6 5 6 7
Gael Monfils FRA 2 7 3 5

Quarterfinals
Roger Federer SUI (1) 2 6 6 6
Fernando Gonzalez CHI (24) 6 2 3 4

4th Round
Roger Federer SUI (1) 6 7 7
Julien Benneteau FRA 4 5 5

3rd Round
Roger Federer SUI (1) 6 6 6
Mario Ancic CRO 3 4 2

2nd Round
Roger Federer SUI (1) 6(5) 6 6 6
Albert Montanes ESP 7(7) 1 0 4

1st Round
Roger Federer (SUI)[1] 6 6 6
Sam Querrey (USA) 4 4 3

It was the heaviest defeat of Federer's career in Grand Slam tournaments and suggested he is as far as ever from fulfilling his dream of winning all four major titles. Invincible is exactly the description that applies to Nadal at Roland Garros. He has won all 28 matches he has played there and lost just eight sets in four years.
Federer had gone into the final insisting that he believed he could win, despite a 1-8 record against Nadal on clay and having seen the Spaniard demolish all comers on his way through the draw.

"Rafa is very, very strong and he dominates this tournament like never before," said Federer. "Congratulations Rafa."

"Even if I'm playing my best tennis, I don't win 6-1 6-3 6-0," Rafa said.

"He did not play very well, otherwise this result would not have been possible. I did not prepare (for any celebrations). Today it was tough for Roger, I had to show respect. I have a good relationship with him."

Roger Federer insists he remains a strong favourite for Wimbledon despite being thrashed by Rafael Nadal in the French Open final.
"I haven't lost on grass for five years now, six years? I still definitely feel very strong about my chances and being the big favourite going into grass."
Federer paid fulsome tribute to Nadal and insisted the scale of the defeat would not leave any lasting damage.

"I can only praise him for the level of play he's had for the last two weeks and today again under pressure. It's not like it's easy for him either. He handles it very well. To come up with a performance like this under pressure shows what a great champion he is."

"After a loss like this you don't want to play Rafa again tomorrow, that's for sure. Right now, I'd say it's easier to lose this way as today, because all along the match you realise that there is nothing you can do. You're not going to win. I think it was the same thing for him, and this is probably why his reaction was not as intense as it usually is. That's because of the result. It's always more difficult when you lose when you really could have won. Today I lost, and I lost clearly."
And the Swiss star insists he can still win the title at Roland Garros, even with the 22-year-old Nadal in the field.

"I didn't come real close today so it's disappointing, because I really thought I was playing well the last few weeks and months. And where I've come from the last half year or so, I'm still very pleased with the efforts I've put in. So to lose the way I did today, it's obviously hard and it's a rough loss, but it's OK. I'll move on from here, and I'll try again next year."

"You know, it's so far away, grass and clay, that losing in four or five or no chance like today, I don't think it has a big effect on me mentally. I mean, I've beaten Rafa 6-0 in a set. I've beaten him in finals before. I've beaten him also quite comfortably on previous occasions. Didn't really give me the edge on clay against him, you know."

ANA IVANOVIC - POSSIBLE NEW HENIN

Ana Ivanovic confirmed her status as the new world number one with her first Grand Slam title at the French Open.

This years Roland Garros saw pretty new results. It was very shocking in case of women’s results. Especially top players like Williams and Sharapova being chucked out of the arena proving that there are few young players coming up.

The game was a crucial one for Ana Ivanovic to confirm her ranking after Henin has retired recent past. I was crazy about Ana. I have seen only three players in the past to play the game fierce fully. Now Ana is lining in that queue. Henin is my all time favorite player who has got a good back hand stroke. After watching few matches of Ana I was reminded of Henin. The one added feature of Ana is that she is gorgeous.

In a tense opening set, Ivanovic got the better of five breaks of serve. Safina got an opportunity to break Ana’s serve. But lost and eventually Ana started leading the game (2-0). Ana progressed to make a convincing lead (4-1). Safina was not ready to give up. She broke Ana’s serve and leveled the score (4-4). From here started a really interesting game. But Safina was not able to hold the composure which resulted in losing the set (4-6) to Ana. When Safina needed to heap on the pressure she faltered and a series of errors handed the break straight back, and then helped Ivanovic come through an edgy service game to take the set.

With a set lead Ana was hoping to make the victory simpler one. And two breaks in the second were enough for Ivanovic to make up for her heavy defeat by the now retired Justine Henin in last year's final. It was really a simpler one when Ana won the French Open convincingly (6-3). Safina was not able to come back for Ana had those beautiful fore hand strokes.

The 20-year-old second seed beat Russia's Dinara Safina 6-4 6-3 to become the first Serbian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title.

"I'm just so happy I kept my composure until the ends. Last year's final was a great learning experience." said Ivanovic

"I didn't have any more the fire that I had those matches. I was tired." said Safina afterwards.

Victory was wrapped up in one hour 38 minutes and Ivanovic immediately headed into the stands to celebrate with her supporters.

"This was amazing. I still don't realise what happened. As a kid, when I used to go by bike to practice, I used to dream of this." she said.

Ana was cruising her way right from the first round. She stumbled only to Jelena Jankovic where she had to push herself for the deciding set to be in finals. In all the other rounds she just tasted the victory with much ease.

ANA IVANOVIC’S STATISTICS
Finals
Dinara Safina RUS (13) 4 3
Ana Ivanovic SRB (2) 6 6

Semifinals
Jelena Jankovic SRB (3) 4 6 4
Ana Ivanovic SRB (2) 6 3 6

Quarterfinals
Patty Schnyder SUI (10) 3 2
Ana Ivanovic SRB (2) 6 6

4th Round
Petra Cetkovska CZE 0 0
Ana Ivanovic SRB (2) 6 6

3rd Round
Caroline Wozniacki DEN (30) 4 1
Ana Ivanovic SRB (2) 6 6

2nd Round
Lucie Safarova CZE 1 2
Ana Ivanovic SRB (2) 6 6

1st Round
Sofia Arvidsson SWE 2 5
Ana Ivanovic SRB (2) 6 7

Ana Ivanovic said the success that she and fellow Serbs Jelena Jankovic and Novak Djokovic have enjoyed helped inspire her to French Open glory.

Ivanovic, who becomes world number one on Monday, beat Jankovic in the last four, while semi-finalist Djokovic won the Australian Open in January.

"Going into today's final I thought of Novak's victory earlier this year. And I thought, 'Why not? I can win a title as well.'It's something that will motivate us and I'm sure he will also reach his goal of being number one one day. He has great potential. Jelena, on the other hand, she also is a great girl and I really hope she can achieve her dreams." said Ivanovic.

"Obviously when I was in the court I realised she was nervous. I try also to look back at the way I felt last year, and it made me more calm because I had those experiences and I went through that."

"I knew she was a great fighter, and I knew I had to take any chance I had. I had lot of chances in the first set which I didn't use. She came back, and it was 4-4, and it was tough because a lot of emotions build up inside. You knew you had a chance, double break, and then all of a sudden you're equal again. So to keep my composure at that point, it was huge for me."

After wrapping up the victory, Ivanovic was handed the trophy by Henin herself.
"I was surprised," admitted Ivanovic. "But at the same time I was glad to see her there. She's a great champion. She won this tournament so many times. When she handed me the trophy, it was a very thrilling moment. She said, 'Well done, you really deserve it.' It meant a lot to me."

And the newly crowned queen of Roland Garros does not plan to stop at one Grand Slam title.

"I feel so happy. I have no words to describe that. But winning a Grand Slam is something I dreamt since I was a little kid, so achieving that goal, it's very thrilling. You know, you work so hard and you're off the court, on the court, and you put so much effort into it. I loved the game and I enjoy playing, so this is the best reward I can get. It's my incentive to keep working hard and win more of these trophies."

Looking ahead to Wimbledon later this month, she added: "I go there wanting to win a title because every tournament you play you want to win. I think I have a good chance. I've been working really hard, and this hard work gives results. So, next week I have time to relax a little bit, recover, and also prepare on the grass before Eastbourne and Wimbledon."

Safina admitted that she had run out of gas after a dramatic run to the final that saw her save match points against both Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva.
"I was a little nervous before the start but I felt good once I stepped on the court," said the Russian. "If I was a little fresher maybe things would have been different. Those comebacks took a lot from me and against Ana you have to be really aggressive. I was missing a little. She was fresher and she was doing to me what I wanted to do to her.

"I tried but there wasn't the fire there any more. I was tired mentally and physically and my heart and body just couldn't do it. But now I have reached a Grand Slam final I will keep working harder because I believe in myself. I'll be a lot tougher. I am a perfectionist."