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What a year thus far...
We started the year with two players in a final of a Slam that were not named either "Roger" or "Rafa". There was no dominance of the Fed over a player that flew through the other half of the draw. A man by the name of Tipsy put personality back into the game. Hewitt and Marcos played until nearly 5am down under.
2008 has shown us that even terminators such as the Fed can catch illness and have to re-evaluate their games and lives. For once, the Fed has not dominated a season start to finish. As well, there was a changing of the guard on the women's side with the #1 player in the world quiting without warning or notice. Suddenly, the #1 spot in the world for women's tennis can and will change almost daily. As well, the #1 spot in the WTA could very well in the near future have the name "Williams" attached to it once again.
For the first time, we saw fear in the eyes of the Fed and #1 player in the world during the finals in Paris. No longer is he the man he once was. And yet--he is truly capable of being that dominant player once again.
We've seen a true clay-court player and king of clay come forth and win on traditional fast grass at Queens. He beat down the player who's game was best suited for traditional fast grass and returning champion--Roddick. Rafa has shown he can adapt to any surface--fast or slow. He also showed Djokovic--"you'd better work on your fitness by Wimbledon".
We've seen the washed-up Safin return with vigor. He's taken out the world's #3 player and sent him packing in the second round. We've seen upset after upset in England.
We saw Murray beat the Fed earlier. Roddick beat the Fed and Rafa as well. We saw an epic battle between Murray and Gasquet. We saw Verdasco come through as never before. We've recently seen the pool of talent in the ATP start to spread itself out once again and come to life during each and every match as the season progresses.
We've also forgotten to mention here a little bloke out of France that is under 6 foot and has become the giant killer by the name of Clement. Clement is in the QF's at Wimbledon and has not even once been given recognition anywhere in the tennis world.
I could go on and on about 2008 thus far. But, I think that as the QF's of Wimbledon start tomorrow morning--they pretty much sum up the season of 2008 thus far...
Anything can happen in tennis this year, as it already has...
We started the year with two players in a final of a Slam that were not named either "Roger" or "Rafa". There was no dominance of the Fed over a player that flew through the other half of the draw. A man by the name of Tipsy put personality back into the game. Hewitt and Marcos played until nearly 5am down under.
2008 has shown us that even terminators such as the Fed can catch illness and have to re-evaluate their games and lives. For once, the Fed has not dominated a season start to finish. As well, there was a changing of the guard on the women's side with the #1 player in the world quiting without warning or notice. Suddenly, the #1 spot in the world for women's tennis can and will change almost daily. As well, the #1 spot in the WTA could very well in the near future have the name "Williams" attached to it once again.
For the first time, we saw fear in the eyes of the Fed and #1 player in the world during the finals in Paris. No longer is he the man he once was. And yet--he is truly capable of being that dominant player once again.
We've seen a true clay-court player and king of clay come forth and win on traditional fast grass at Queens. He beat down the player who's game was best suited for traditional fast grass and returning champion--Roddick. Rafa has shown he can adapt to any surface--fast or slow. He also showed Djokovic--"you'd better work on your fitness by Wimbledon".
We've seen the washed-up Safin return with vigor. He's taken out the world's #3 player and sent him packing in the second round. We've seen upset after upset in England.
We saw Murray beat the Fed earlier. Roddick beat the Fed and Rafa as well. We saw an epic battle between Murray and Gasquet. We saw Verdasco come through as never before. We've recently seen the pool of talent in the ATP start to spread itself out once again and come to life during each and every match as the season progresses.
We've also forgotten to mention here a little bloke out of France that is under 6 foot and has become the giant killer by the name of Clement. Clement is in the QF's at Wimbledon and has not even once been given recognition anywhere in the tennis world.
I could go on and on about 2008 thus far. But, I think that as the QF's of Wimbledon start tomorrow morning--they pretty much sum up the season of 2008 thus far...
Anything can happen in tennis this year, as it already has...
