Don't you just love time zones? I believe Melbourne is approximately 16 hours ahead of us in the Eastern Time Zone. Imagine THAT jet lag...wow.
Thankfully, we have ESPN 2 to cover the Open, since the major networks don't really think it is a big crowd-pleaser like Wimbledon and the US Open. Because of the time difference, coverage begins Sun. night 7pm - midnight, which should be live. Just because it's First Round doesn't mean there won't be some exciting matches. After all, Andy Roddick was ousted in the First Round of the US Open, as was the defending women's champion, I believe.
It's sad to see that Agassi and Nadal are out with injuries, but I guess this will give Roddick more of a shot at making it to the Final. I believe Federer will win this time around...he's still not showing any sign of letting up. As for the women, Clijster would've been my pick, but she's got an injury she's working with...so either Pierce or Davenport could pull it off.
I love printing out the Draws and filling in the winners of each round...because I'm weird..duh!!
Here's the schedule from the official site (in Australian/Melbourne time): schedule Ginepri and Davenport's matches are at the same time, so no Ginepri eye-candy for me till later on in the Open (I'm hoping this very skilled dude will make it as far as he did in the US Open...he's awesome AND hot!!).
If you don't hear/see me in the next 2 weeks, you'll know what I'm doing...heh heh. This is my absolute favorite sport to watch/play...I LOVE the grand slam events!!!
Bring it on!! And in just a month's time, the Winter Olympics will be here (and oh, how I love just about every event...even the scandalous figure skating isn't that bad (compared to gymnastics!)). BOOYAH!!!
If you read through all this, you must be a tennis fan too, like humoring me, or you are incredibly bored lol.
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I hear ya re: Ginepri; his loss bummed me out too. I'm convinced we'll someday see him in a final round of a major! He was awesome in the US Open..and with his record-setting number of 5-set matches, he got a lot of screen time...heh heh. Thanks for reading my blog of randomness!! lol
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