Saturday, November 20, 2004
The top 4 seeds to square off in Masters Cup Semis
Houston, TX
Saturday, 20 Nov 2004
11am Msian Time
Yaay!!! Marat prevailed :)
Marat Safin completes the line-up of the Masters Cup semis in defeating Henman 6-2, 7-6(2). He joins Hewitt (who earlier beat Gaudio 6-2 6-1), Roddick and Federer.
Btw, apa punya linesmen did they have just now?!! So many wrong calls... two back-to-back dodgy calls against Marat. Nasib dia menang, kalau tak, ada yg hot! Teringat masa Henin defeated Clijsters (was it the french open finals or semis?). That ball was sooo out! Dah le aku mmg tak suka Henin, bertambah le tak suka, hehe.. and I dont even like Clijsters!
Anyway... It's the first time the top four seeds have reached the last four of this elite year-end event. The last time was in 1990 at the ATP World Championships in Frankfurt. Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Ivan Lendl and a long-haired Andre Agassi (sigh) were the illustrious quartet and it was the 20-year-old from Las Vegas who won it over Edberg in the final. (double sigh! :))
Meanwhile, Andy Roddick fired his 1000th ace of the season during his 7-6(4), 6-3 win over Guillermo Coria. Impressive stats indeed! If Goran was actively playing, I'm sure he'd have given Roddick a good challenge. Speaking of big servers, where is The Scud?? He has broken up with Delta Goodrem hasn't he? So he should be back soon. Maybe I shall ask my Aussie friend, Gerry if he's seen Mark around this festive holidays. They're both from Williamstown, Melbourne and goes to the same gym. Gerry also sees Eric Bana (who I absolutely adore!!) around Melbourne town sometimes! Aarghhhh!!!
Anyway... Can't wait for the Roddick-Hewitt match. Stay up lagi nampaknya! 2.30am start. Hmmph... Commentators are predicting Hewitt will win. I didn't see Hewitt play Gaudio, so I shall stick to my hunch that Roddick will win. He seems much calmer and he's thinking more clearly now. But sesapa menang pun i dont care, just wanna see a good match.
As for the FedEx-Safin match, no one's expecting Safin to win so I hope he'll go for broke n let loose. You never know, Federer is not at his best due to injury/lack of play. I suspect it'll be a Federer-Roddick final, but heck, I'm open to suprises! ;) (safin, safin, safin... )
The broken racket! Safin tetap Safin :)
Roddick defeated Safin in two tie breaks.
Nostalgia kejap... Safin during his US Open win against Sampras in 2000.
Doesn’t he look young and innocent in this picture! :)
Saturday, 20 Nov 2004
11am Msian Time
Yaay!!! Marat prevailed :)
Marat Safin completes the line-up of the Masters Cup semis in defeating Henman 6-2, 7-6(2). He joins Hewitt (who earlier beat Gaudio 6-2 6-1), Roddick and Federer.
Btw, apa punya linesmen did they have just now?!! So many wrong calls... two back-to-back dodgy calls against Marat. Nasib dia menang, kalau tak, ada yg hot! Teringat masa Henin defeated Clijsters (was it the french open finals or semis?). That ball was sooo out! Dah le aku mmg tak suka Henin, bertambah le tak suka, hehe.. and I dont even like Clijsters!
Anyway... It's the first time the top four seeds have reached the last four of this elite year-end event. The last time was in 1990 at the ATP World Championships in Frankfurt. Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Ivan Lendl and a long-haired Andre Agassi (sigh) were the illustrious quartet and it was the 20-year-old from Las Vegas who won it over Edberg in the final. (double sigh! :))
Meanwhile, Andy Roddick fired his 1000th ace of the season during his 7-6(4), 6-3 win over Guillermo Coria. Impressive stats indeed! If Goran was actively playing, I'm sure he'd have given Roddick a good challenge. Speaking of big servers, where is The Scud?? He has broken up with Delta Goodrem hasn't he? So he should be back soon. Maybe I shall ask my Aussie friend, Gerry if he's seen Mark around this festive holidays. They're both from Williamstown, Melbourne and goes to the same gym. Gerry also sees Eric Bana (who I absolutely adore!!) around Melbourne town sometimes! Aarghhhh!!!
Anyway... Can't wait for the Roddick-Hewitt match. Stay up lagi nampaknya! 2.30am start. Hmmph... Commentators are predicting Hewitt will win. I didn't see Hewitt play Gaudio, so I shall stick to my hunch that Roddick will win. He seems much calmer and he's thinking more clearly now. But sesapa menang pun i dont care, just wanna see a good match.
As for the FedEx-Safin match, no one's expecting Safin to win so I hope he'll go for broke n let loose. You never know, Federer is not at his best due to injury/lack of play. I suspect it'll be a Federer-Roddick final, but heck, I'm open to suprises! ;) (safin, safin, safin... )
The broken racket! Safin tetap Safin :)
Roddick defeated Safin in two tie breaks.
Nostalgia kejap... Safin during his US Open win against Sampras in 2000.
Doesn’t he look young and innocent in this picture! :)
