Day 4 (Super Saturday) - Perfect day for tennis... finally!!!
After two cold and windy days we were blessed with a beautiful sunny day (and were terribly overdressed). On the menu for the day were two mens semi-finals and the ladies championship match. It all started with the Nadal vs Youzhny snoozefest. This match was over before it even started with Rafa winning in three straight sets. It seamed that Youzhny never recovered from his marathon match from two days ago and decided to mail this one in. Rafa was very impressive from the get go and ran his opponent off the court.
Match #2 was the highly anticipated rematch from the previous 3 US Open semis featuring Djokovic vs Federer (Federer had eliminated Djokovic in the last 4 US Open tournaments, once in the final and 3 times in the semis). To call this match fantastic would be an understatement! Federer showed flashes of brilliance throughout the five sets but never managed to take full control. This was largely due to Nole's impeccable play. You can say he gave the defending champ a run for his money and then some. He served really well, controlled the baseline and returned serve to perfection. He also managed to drastically improve on his net game as compared to his 1/4 final match. The crowd was LOVING this match from start to finish (begging for action after the Rafa match). We were on the edge of our seats throughout and nearly had a heart attack in the final 3 games. Nole overcame two of Federer's match points on his serve and came back to break Roger and win in the end avoiding a dreaded tie-breaker.
The best part of this whole experience was cheering for a true underdog who everyone including the whole ESPN cast wrote off. Listening to 90% of the people at the tourney already talking about a Federer/Nadal final before the Djokovic match even started was getting irritating! However he who laughs last laughs the sweetest :) AND believe us, we are still grinning ear to ear 7 hrs later!
Finally, the last match of the day was a vicious beating of Zvonareva at the hands of Clijsters. This women's final was finished exactly 60 minutes after it began. No joke!!! Absolutely incredible or embarrassing, depending on where you sit. For her troubles, Clijsters took home a measly $2.2 MILLION!!!! WOW!!! Make sure to say in ... tennis school kids.
Tomorrow is the big final. The mighty Serb (who us, biased? Never, it's just science :)) verses the #1 ranked player in the world. To say that we are excited about having tickets to this once in a lifetime event would be a gross understatement. We can't wait and we are pretty sure that Rafa is giggling at the thought of playing a worn out Djokovic.
NAPRED NOLE!!!!! .... GO NOLE GO!!!!
After two cold and windy days we were blessed with a beautiful sunny day (and were terribly overdressed). On the menu for the day were two mens semi-finals and the ladies championship match. It all started with the Nadal vs Youzhny snoozefest. This match was over before it even started with Rafa winning in three straight sets. It seamed that Youzhny never recovered from his marathon match from two days ago and decided to mail this one in. Rafa was very impressive from the get go and ran his opponent off the court.
Match #2 was the highly anticipated rematch from the previous 3 US Open semis featuring Djokovic vs Federer (Federer had eliminated Djokovic in the last 4 US Open tournaments, once in the final and 3 times in the semis). To call this match fantastic would be an understatement! Federer showed flashes of brilliance throughout the five sets but never managed to take full control. This was largely due to Nole's impeccable play. You can say he gave the defending champ a run for his money and then some. He served really well, controlled the baseline and returned serve to perfection. He also managed to drastically improve on his net game as compared to his 1/4 final match. The crowd was LOVING this match from start to finish (begging for action after the Rafa match). We were on the edge of our seats throughout and nearly had a heart attack in the final 3 games. Nole overcame two of Federer's match points on his serve and came back to break Roger and win in the end avoiding a dreaded tie-breaker.
The best part of this whole experience was cheering for a true underdog who everyone including the whole ESPN cast wrote off. Listening to 90% of the people at the tourney already talking about a Federer/Nadal final before the Djokovic match even started was getting irritating! However he who laughs last laughs the sweetest :) AND believe us, we are still grinning ear to ear 7 hrs later!
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| Final Score: 5-7, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 |
Tomorrow is the big final. The mighty Serb (who us, biased? Never, it's just science :)) verses the #1 ranked player in the world. To say that we are excited about having tickets to this once in a lifetime event would be a gross understatement. We can't wait and we are pretty sure that Rafa is giggling at the thought of playing a worn out Djokovic.
NAPRED NOLE!!!!! .... GO NOLE GO!!!!
Sitting here in complete envy. I was thinking about you guys throughout the whole match ... what exciting stuff, I can't imagine it live!
ReplyDeleteLove the blog so far, keep it up and be sure to make lots of noise for Nole Vs. Rafa.