Screw soccer! Tennis is where it's at!

[Mo-Nercy]

It's been a really good tournament so far. Most of the top seeds have had to battle in 4 or 5-setters in at least one of their rounds. I'm particularly keen on the upcoming Hewitt vs. Djokovic match. Not just because I'm Australian, but because Hewitt's actually in good form and could cause a massive upset.

Poor Nicola Mahut. He looked like he just wanted to go home after losing that epic 11 hour match, not stand around and shake some hands. I also had a good laugh when the speaker introduced Anne White as a Former Wimbledon Champion but then paused as he couldn't think of something to say for Tim Henman (I think he went for Former British No. 1 eventually).

And I'm rooting for Federer. I love the guy. He's just all class. And I'm glad to see that he was able to get back on track with a solid win against Clement. I think Murray and Soderling are the only two top 10 players to have played to their best so far in the first week, so look out for them. But my tip for the final is still Federer to lose to Nadal in 4 sets.


edit: I've also just heard about the Victor Hanescu incident. For those who don't know, he spat in the direction of some allegedly offensive people in the crowd. After that he lost all desire to win and proceeded to step into the court with each serve, intentionally foot faulting and throwing the game. After a while of this, he tried to call it quits by walking over to the umpire and extending his hand for an end-game handshake, the umpire refused because you can't just forfeit a game of tennis, but Hanescu went on with it and shook the hand of his opponent (Daniel Brands) and left the court. The media are slamming him for unsportmanlike conduct and I guess that's fair enough. He could've at least faked injury Djokovic-style if he didn't want to go on.. but I'd like to see all the facts first. Maybe he had a good reason to act the way he did. Thoughts anyone?