Scooter Chronicles

So how about that US Open this year?

Men’s Final
Amazed is all I can say. About halfway through the second set, I figured it was over. Federer was going to pull out his sixth straight US Open victory, and it would be a quick three setter. Boy, was I wrong. And it was kind of surprising to see him lose his cool and argue with the chair umpire. Though I do agree with one point, he should have been allowed to speak instead of being told to shut up.

As for del Potro, it doesn’t come as a total surprise to see him win a Grand Slam. He certainly has shown loads of talent. This may be the first of many for him. Given that he’s from Argentina as well, his clay game may be good enough...

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WOW! Watch a match it was. And I don’t have time to go into it now. But there was a part of me that wished Andy Roddick would have won. For that missed it, the last set finished 16-14. It was like watching an NHL playoff game go into double overtime, but in an alternate universe where games don’t normally end up having to go to overtime. Wimbledon is the ONLY tournament, Grand Slam or other, that makes the combatants playout the fifth set instead of using a tiebreaker when it’s 6-6.

What a great match, and a heartbreaking loss for Roddick. At one point all he had to do was make one shot and he’d have a two set lead on Federer. He missed the shot, and the rest is history.

Now it will be interesting...

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Unfortunately, it wasn’t much of a match (6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4). And Rafael Nadal was already at home. But it was wonderful to watch nonetheless. Roger Federer finally won the French Open to complete his career Grand Slam, only the sixth man to do that in the history of the game.

Roger Federer celebrates his French Open victory.

Along with that, he tied Pete Sampras for the most Grand Slam wins in a career, both with 14. Many are now saying, as am I, that Federer is the...

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And we only started watching late in the third set. But when the matched started at 4:00 in the morning, what do you expect? But what we saw was enough. These two guys are just incredible! And it’s hard to root against either one, though I was pulling for Federer. More on that later.

So the score was 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2. I actually thought that Federer was playing much better in the third set, more offensively, attacking Nadal. Nadal was playing well enough to hold him off, but it was still defensive, and not going to get him anywhere. But Federer missed 6 break points, that I know of, and then folded in the tie-breaker, even double-faulting the final point of the set. The next set showed that Federer wasn’t...

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I didn’t get to see more then three games of the US Open Final last night, but was ecstatic to see Roger Federer win his 5th in a row, and also put himself one behind tying Pete Sampras for most career Grand Slam victories. Last night was (unlucky) 13 for Roger.

For the record, the second seeded Federer beat Andy Murray, who was seeded sixth, 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.

Venus Williams won the women’s tournament this year. It’s her fifth in eight years. It was also the third time she played against her sister Serena in the Wimbledon Finals, but the first time she has beaten her on the famed grass courts. Marcia and I watched the first set, and the beginning of the second, but had errands to run on Saturday.

I have always liked Venus, and I am glad to see that she won again.

As for the men’s side … WOW!! Rafael Nadal beat five-time defending Wimbledon champ Roger Federer in what had to be one of the best men’s games...

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And it wasn’t even a contest this year. The Mighty Roger Federer looked bad. His very strong backhand looked useless. Though credit to Nadal, he was playing flawless and it didn’t look like he was going to be beat, even if Roger was on top of his game. So it was quick work with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 match. I didn’t get to see the whole match due to chasing Nigel around. But you didn’t need to watch much to know which was it was going.

Hopefully if the two meet again in the Wimbledon final like last year, it will be more competitive.

The two and a half (plus) year reign is over. For the first time since the 2005 Australian Open, a name other then Federer or Nadal will go on a mens’ Grand Slam trophy. Novak Djokovic won the Aussie Open this past weekend (his first Grand Slam in his second try). He is slowly proving to be a true contender. As much as I love Federer, I am glad that someone else can hang with him and Nadal. It will make this tennis season very interesting. (Though I still don’t think anyone can beat Federer at Wimbledon.)

And Maria Sharapova came back from injuries the last couple of years to prove she is still a true threat. She won her third Grand Slam this past weekend. She is now only short a French Open title to complete a...

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Beer Can Appreciation Day
Thanks to Marcia’s Uncle Joe for passing this along. He sent me an ECARD regarding the “holiday.” You can find out a little more about it HERE.

Now, I am not normally one to drink beer from a can. It’s just not as good. Though my Uncle Steve pointed out that Yuengling’s lager actually tastes as good, if not better, from a can then a bottle. I have tried it from a can recently, but couldn’t make a hard and fast conclusion. ...

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Lousy Week
Due to a lot of issues, this past week wasn’t all that fun. Marcia had a migraine that lasted three days. Finally on Thursday I had to take her to the emergency room. The general mood of things was just bad all week. Some of this has to do with me putting my foot down about someone that we associate with. That hasn’t helped relations with this person’s spouse. However, Marcia has backed me up 100% with my stance, but still at times I feel that I am being childish. That feeling though comes mostly when I look at my faults, which I had been doing a lot of last week.

Anyway, it’s over and time to move on. And hopefully I will be in a better mood to post things. Especially...

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