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You know, I've been all for tennis being at the Olympics. It's a sport, more of a sport than some of the things there and I think as a sport, it should feature in the biggest, most unique sporting event in the world. Why should tennis players not have the chance to win a medal along with the horse riders and the swimmers and the runners? Why should they be told sorry, you just aren't Olympic material?

But watching this bronze medal match? With Djokovic and Blake looking like they'd rather walk over hot coals than play tennis? With Djokovic apparently in floods of tears as he walked off court yesterday? It's like, maybe tennis doesn't lend itself to an Olympic structure. Especially this whole bronze medal match idea. There's Olympic spirit and then there's just plain damn cruelty.

Also, I'm getting tired of the commentators putting Roger out to pasture already. Seriously. He's made two Grand Slam finals this year and he made the semis of the AO with glandular fever. Yes, he's having a bad year by his standards but if you shot a horse based on it having a bad year, very quickly all you'd have would be an empty stable. This wasn't his year and yeah it sucked beyond words that it happened to coincide with the Olympics but, christ. You've been kissing the ground he walks on for almost five years. Don't be holding a gun to his head right now, when what he really could use is a little faith. Assholes.

... Guess what? The Olympic tennis finishes tomorrow. Bet everyone on my flist who hates tennis(though if you hate tennis how are you still reading anyway?)/the Olympics is really happy about that.

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My Uncle kind of hinted that he might show up sometime today to take me for a ride on his Harley. I've wanted to go for a ride on it since he got it last year (or at least the first one. Which he, uh. Totalled. But it was someone else's fault! So it's fine. I'm fine. Um) but I have this nagging feeling that he'll show up just as Roger starts playing and I'll have to say "...Can you come back tomorrow?" I was hoping it would rain to give me an excuse but doesn't look likely. Dammit. A whole year and he would pick today. Hopefully he'll forget, or be busy. Roger winning an Olympic medal is way more important. Actually, mm. I should look into DVDing it actually. I knew there was a reason I spent half an hour fixing the DVD recorder the other night.

Comments

[hiro-chan.livejournal.com]

th BBCcommentators especially need to STFU. Now they aren't sure if Roger will be able to win grand slam again? how did they come to that impression? seriously... did they shoot Sampras down also, all those years ago when he had a bad year, only for them to eat humble pie when Sampras proved them wrong?

but anyway, I'm just focusing to happier things, and seriously, how amazingly happy and carefree Roger looked yesterday against the bryans? He even smiled a lot in the match and the post match interview afterwards was absolutely priceless XD.

It's amazing how different he could look just in a space of a day. I hope he's feeling upbeat again today, him and Stan. Federinka for the gld :D:D!!!

[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

I think the problem is that they are both so nervous. Especially Blake as it would have bee his last chance to medal, whereas Djokovic can at least come back in London when he'll only be 25. I do not agree with the bronzee medal match though. Just give them both bronzes.

But I still don't think that tennis should be an Olympic sport. A medal should be the best thing you can win in your career and in tennis it just isn't.