So my commentators just said the police used *pepper spray* on the crowd?

[clo_again]

Dude. Suddenly I want to apologise to Wimbledon for mocking their anal-retentive following of tradition (last week, when my dad asked why they got to have signs at the AO). That's a little nuts. :-/

I'm sitting here watching the first proper AO tennis I've seen in the whole two weeks and it's Djokovic winning the championship, point by point. And it's weird. I don't know if I'm still stuck in my wrestling mentality, expecting the same guys to be headlining week after week but it's weird not having Roger there. Roger at the AO's always been the first huge thing in tennis of of the year for me; that match where he lost to Marat that I wrote some of my earliest tennis fic around, the year where he cried and I cried both 'cause he'd won and because our little corner of LJ was imploding over Andy and the press. Then last year when I was in Coventry and was yelling at the TV with someone I'd only met the day before. It's not weird that I haven't seen anything of the two weeks because the AO is always the Slam I've had to watch the online scores for, what with the lack of BBC coverage and being in Lancaster but not coming through that with a final with Roger in to watch is...

...weird.

And a little sad; I've wanted Roger to win all four Slams together since someone first explained the Grand Slam to me and every time he wins the AO it's a sign that this could be the year. As much as he's awesome and I'll still be insisting he's the best when we're all hobbling around with grey hair and dementia setting in, life doesn't have an 'aging off' cheat (oh The Sims, if only life was more like you.) There is a finite amount of chances he has to do it and they're fast running out.

THAT SAID. Watching RAW lately and seeing the mid-carders I used to know headlining the Royal Rumble? It's not so bad. I could like this new thing of having guys I don't know so well in major finals. I could. Just- like seeing Jeff cut promos as a regular thing on RAW, it'll take some getting used to.

Also, I haven't made my mind up on Djokovic yet, because I can't work him out. Tennis would be easier if they made the heels and babyfaces clear. Though if I'm shocked at tennis crowds needing to be pepper sprayed, maybe encouraging them to chant rude things at the players isn't the best of ideas(watching RAW the other week, I heard a "Fuck you!" chant and went "...Did they used to be that rude?!" It made me feel old >_<).

I have to go get ready to go shopping now (Borders! not that I need more books but I have a voucher as an excuse! Hah!) but I have one more thing to say first; thank you to carolina30363 for buying me more Paid Account time. *hugs* It was really sweet of you, though I feel guilty for that post now, in case it seemed like I was asking for it. If I ever get my tennis muses working again, I promise you fic. :)

Okay. Bookwards!

Comments

[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

I so lack-of-cared about the AO this year. It wasn't interesting after Andy lost and Roger... well... yeah. I don't like Djokovic, I did, for a while, and then the excessive ball bouncing and unprofessionalism got to me. Stupid Andy for losing so early. And stupid Roger too.

[clo.livejournal.com]

I wrote off the first week because the envelope-stuffing got in the way of watching anything; I just thought I'd have Andy and Roger matches to watch the week after. Which I should know better than now, because every time I say that Andy loses. (I had sudden guilt over Roger losing too, because I'd gone "NADAL LOST YAY" the day before and I know better than to tempt karma like that. So Roger losing was my fault. Woe.)

I counted Djokovic's ball bounces with increasing disbelief yesterday. Twelve. *Twelve* And even the commentators seemed kind of pissy at him during the final. I really wish he hadn't won now. -_-

[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

You should never count on Andy, even I was hoping for him to get to the second week and have matches I could actually watch. But no, he has to go spoil our plans. (You shouldn't tempt fate like that. I did like Nadal losing though.)

I have seen him bounce the ball no fewer than twenty-two times and then hit his serve into the net. No. Just no. It drives me batshit crazy. Once I saw him hit a double fault and the combined ball bounces were in the high thirties. IT'S JUST WRONG. (In case you can't tell, I don't like him.)

[carolina30363.livejournal.com]

I used to like Novak...now I think he is a brat...


:)

[clo.livejournal.com]

I didn't expect so many people not to like him. It makes me feel better for thinking he's irritating. :)

*hugs*

[hiro-chan.livejournal.com]

agreed with what you said re: AO this year and the lack of Roger in the final. This year's the first time I can't watch AO properly since usually I watched through cable tv at home, so that's why I really want Roger to be in final because the final will be the only part I can see here :(.

And yeah, looks like the Grand Slam has to wait for another year then :(.

[clo.livejournal.com]

That's been me the last three years in Lancaster with nothing but final coverage. Roger's usually so reliable. *wistful* Hopefully he'll be in the final for the French.

There is next year, or the year after. He's not decrepit yet... I just wish he could do it sooner so I could stop worrying that he never will. >_