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Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts

Saturday, November 27, 2010

London: WTF Semis

The top 4 players in the world squared off in the O2 Arena in London.


These two boys trained in the physical and mentally grinding Spanish style sure do love each other.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Rafael Nadal of Spain (L) hugs Andy Murray of Great Britain (R) after winning his men's semi-final match during the ATP World Tour Finals at O2 Arena on November 27, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)



Ahndee Muurrey played the aggressive tennis that we know he's capable of, and had the match on his racket until he played two loose drop shots on his serve early in the 3rd set to let Rafa back in the match.

Mandy this is why you need to show no mercy when you have a short ball from Rafa. Rip a forehand instead of going for too much drop shit. Because eventually he'll wrong foot you and you could hurt yourself slamming on the brakes.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Andy Murray of Great Britain falls on the ground during his men's semi-final match against Rafael Nadal of Spain during the ATP World Tour Finals at O2 Arena on November 27, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)


Then again maybe the reasons Mandy can't win the big matches are his facial expressions.

TMF was in full Jedi mode playing fantastic defense to frustrate Nole to a 61 64 victory. Fed has not dropped a set in London.



Frankly Nole didn't look mentally sharp and seemed to miss that extra bit of determination to dig out a win. My guess is that he was looking at a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win the Davis Cup at home in Serbia.

On Sunday, whose box does Maradona choose to sit in?

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23: Roger Federer of Switzerland (L) and Former Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona attend the ATP World Tour Finals at O2 Arena on November 23, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)






Oh, BTW, I'm cheering for Barca in El Classico tomorrow to beat Real Madrid with two most hated men in soccer: the Special One and Ronaldo (sorry Rafa). For you philistines about soccer, it's the biggest rivalry match in Spain's premier league.

Friday, November 26, 2010

London: WTF ... Cheesy Rock Star Entrances

As the season winds up, the World Tour Finals in London need to hype up the matches by introducing the players with cheesy rock star entrances.

You can almost hear Rafa saying "What's happening here? Why do they make me walk through this smoke?"

Spain's Rafael Nadal arrives for his singles tennis match against Serbia's Novak Djokovic at the ATP World Tour Finals in London November 24, 2010. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT TENNIS IMAGES OF THE DAY)


TMF is looking pretty sultry here.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 21: Roger Federer of Switzerland arrives on court before his men's singles first round match against David Ferrer of Spain during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at O2 Arena on November 21, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)


The Djoker is a man of the people making fun of his eye troubles from the previous night.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic wears an eyepatch as he arrives for his singles match against Andy Roddick of the U.S. at the ATP World Tour Finals in London November 26, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT TENNIS)


Sod looks awkward.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 21: Robin Soderling of Sweden walks onto the court before his men's singles first round match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at O2 Arena on November 21, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)


Ferru is trying to enjoy his chance to hang out in the pantheon.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 25: David Ferrer of Spain walks on to the court during his men's singles match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during ATP World Tour Finals at O2 Arena on November 25, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)


Chin up, Murray, you're playing in front of your home crowd.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 21: Andy Murray of Great Britain walks onto the court before his men's singles first round match against Robin Soderling of Sweden during the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at O2 Arena on November 21, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)


At least your terrier Maggie enjoys the media attention.