I’m supposed to publish this entry yesterday. Can you pretend today is Monday? Hahaha. Sorry friends, my site was down yesterday due to host server migration and upgrade. Everything is back to normal now. Feel free to drop by anytime.
Opps some of you who commented yesterday, well your comments will disappear into the internet black hole forever. Sorry for the mess.
Yesterday was the first day of the much-awaited 2008 Australian Open! 2 weeks of adrenalin pumping tennis, sweat drenched bodies, fist-up victory celebrations, flare of temper and languages and of course plenty of grunting.
To me, I love Australian Open Grand Slam a little bit more than the others. Hmm I’m not sure why…maybe because this is the first Grand Slam of the year. Maybe because the AO atmosphere is so much fun. If I have the moolah I will surely go to Melbourne just for the slam. After witnessing 2 live tennis matches; Nadal vs Gasquet and Federer vs Sampras right at Shah Alam in November last year, watching tennis from the idiot box isn’t the same again.
I will as always support my 2 favourite tennis players; Justine Henin and Marat Safin. This year I will also support Rafael Nadal. I think Nadal has a very good chance to win AO Slam this year. All the best to 3 of them. Let’s bring Fed down…muahahahahar
The most significant changes to this year’s Australian Grand Slam is the new court blue surface which is made up of multiple layers of rubber-filled resin that can maintain less heat during the tournament. Yes a far cry from the previous green surface which was laid using pre-formed rubber mats.
There has been mixed review regarding this new surface. Some players like it and some like it not. Ball rebound is less, surface feel sticky…Ahhh we’ll see how this new surface fair throughout this 2 weeks.
Let’s slam!
Tags: 2008 Australian Open, tennis, Australian Open Grand Slam, Justine Henin, Marat Safin, Rafael Nadal
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wuching Says:
January 15th, 2008 at 12:16 pmVisit wuching
OI! are you here ledi onot? aiya so looking forward to taking you there leh, its very close to where I live! still got 2 weeks to go so come lah come lah!
dreamcatcher Says:
January 15th, 2008 at 12:23 pmVisit dreamcatcher
go dementieva!!
hcfoo Says:
January 15th, 2008 at 2:06 pmVisit hcfoo
I’m sure Nadal’s gonna love that surface very much
Che-Cheh Says:
January 15th, 2008 at 8:33 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Wuching, not here yet la. Still waiting money to fall from the sky.
Dreamcatcher, Justine win la.
Hcfoo, I supported Hewitt first then I change to Safin. Like Safin coz of his attitude hahaha. Yup unfortunately his performance
Thank God he got through first round. 
Dawn Says:
January 15th, 2008 at 9:32 pmVisit Dawn
I use to watch tennis a lot back when I was playing. My brother and I be hooked to Wimbeldon with he and McEnroe, and I, Boris Becker! You are not going to say I’m that old, are you?
Che-Cheh Says:
January 16th, 2008 at 8:52 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Dawn, John McEnroe and Boris Becker ar?
Neo Says:
January 16th, 2008 at 11:36 pmVisit Neo
Let’s go to Australia to play tennis!
Che-Cheh Says:
January 17th, 2008 at 3:04 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Neo, You sponsor me ar?
esther Says:
January 20th, 2008 at 11:34 pmVisit esther
This is totally crazy
Che-Cheh Says:
January 21st, 2008 at 10:51 pmVisit Che-Cheh
Esther, hi there. Wow I’m jealous of your friend too. Tell me about it when your friend returns home. Arggghhh no no no Fed is not going to win.