tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736912982726404421.post1147032730974948828..comments2023-08-03T10:04:00.328-04:00Comments on Sardonic Catholic Dad: US Open 2008Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04775537038859720959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736912982726404421.post-82406759465742998092008-09-04T23:51:00.000-04:002008-09-04T23:51:00.000-04:00OK, I'm back! I have no idea what Roddick thought ...OK, I'm back! I have no idea what Roddick thought that he was doing. Djokovic was my pick to win the tournament, but I thought that if Andy played the way he had been--he had a good shot. Unfortunately for Andy, he played like a pile of dog dung for the first two sets. Managed to come back and win the third, but it was probably too late by then.<BR/><BR/>That said, what was Nole thinking in his post match interview???? He has pretty much guaranteed that the crowd will cheer against him until the final point. Bloody fool!<BR/><BR/>Did you see the Williams sisters' match? I hate to say that a match was fixed, but this one sure looked suspect to me. Still think Dinara will lose the next one, but I'm pulling for her more than ever. Davai, Dinara!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736912982726404421.post-40965343974751322412008-09-03T20:25:00.000-04:002008-09-03T20:25:00.000-04:00Ooooh, I'm like famous now! I get my own post/mess...Ooooh, I'm like famous now! I get my own post/message from a real blogger.<BR/><BR/>Umm, first thing Rob--Roddick does not play tonight. Tonight we get Rafa vs Fish (after the Williams sisters). Don't ask me which sister will win--Venus is playing better tennis IMHO, but I can't remember the last time she beat Serena 2X in a row. I think she has issues with being the big sis--hates to see her sister hurt--it may play with her head. <BR/><BR/>Sure, Dinara can beat either one of them. She's beaten Serena this year already, and has never played Venus. Now, will she? I would like her to win, but if I were betting, I'd bet on whichever Williams sister gets through. Dinara's serve is letting her down much too often and I still think she sometimes has brain farts. (nothing like her big brother, and she has improved this greatly over the year.)<BR/><BR/>Djokovic--yeah, I think he takes an awful lot of injury timeouts (kind of like another Serbian player--Jankovic), but I don't dislike him. Actually, he treated Marin Cilic with great respect--very nice post-match interview. Didn't see the Robredo match. I intensely dislike Andy R. He's way too full of himself--he dumped Brad Gilbert as his coach because he thought Gilbert was getting too much credit!! That said, he is playing very well in this tournament, and I think he has a reasonably good shot to win over Djokovic.<BR/><BR/>I'm definitely going with Rafa tonight--crowd or no crowd, he should have too much game for Fish. <BR/><BR/>Weather's nice out here in fly-over country too. (You know, where we all cling to God and our guns! LOL)<BR/><BR/>BTW, thanks for your prayers for my girl. Seems that she's come through this incident with no illness. Thank God! Someday, I'll have to regale you all with her stories from the NICU. <BR/><BR/>Enjoy the steaks! Buy futures tennis stock in Ernests Gulbis. That kid has everything! Great serve, incredible groundstrokes, good movement. Look for him at the top of the tour (top five, at least) in the next year or two.<BR/><BR/>Mary Margaret (AKA TG)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com