FEDEX Won!

This was one for the record books. Six months back, if somebody were to tell me that Federer and Nadal were to meet again in the final of a Grand Slam, I would tell Tham that they were crazy.

Not only I was wrong. Such final happened and it happened at the next tournament that both of them were fit. And the battle was epic.

We were attending a kenduri at Kota Damansara that evening and once the event was done, I was able to catch the final set on my next stop. It was a hard-fought match and in the end, Federer managed to keep his cool and clinched his 18th Grand Slam title. He looked on great shape and who knew, maybe the 20th may not be a far-fetched idea ...

Big Match Later

I was not able to catch up with much tennis until this morning, when I was at the lounge waiting for patients in clinic. The results came by a bit slower than expected. So, more time for tennis.

They were showing the match from yesterday when Wawrinka got through. The real big one would be this afternoon when Federer plays his nemesis Nadal.

You know who in would be rooting for.... it would be Lendl versus Edberg once again, and there could only be one winner...

Alone at the Apartment

I had to attend to a patient late tonight and rather than returning back to Gombak in the middle of the night, I decided to stay at the apartment rather. So, I was alone. At least for tonight.

Since there would be a couple of holidays next week - Tuesday being Maulud Rasul and Friday Thaipusam - we decided to stay at the apartment for the week.

Ended up watching tennisSo, what would I be doing tonight? The Australian Open tennis official film was on TV. Might as well watch that one.

Rain and Tennis

20 minutes to get to Jalan Duta but took double the tune to reach Subang after that. It poured but luckily I left early and the traffic was lighter than I expected. It was torrential when I finally settled in.

I pity those who set off later as I could see the Kewajipan elevated road was already full leading into the Federal Highway.

As per usual, heavy rain would mean clinic cancellation. So, let's watch tennis instead. And Nadal was absolutely destroying Robredo. They should've had a standing eight count, or better still, just stop the fight early! Maybe he's sending a message to Federer to give it up as he was knocked out by Robredo in the earlier round.

Update on Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 3:14PM by Haris Abdul Rahman

True enough, Nadal gave Robredo a right bashing.

The Final

It was the final Sunday of Wimbledon and we were treated to a real epic of a Men's Final. Djorkovic playing the home favourite Murray. The first three games if the first set lasted almost 2 minutes and the the game looked to be even.

Murray took the first set, but was just been broken in the second set. Almost all the games went to deuce, and they were halfway into the second set after an hour and a half of playing in bright, glorious sunshine. I could get a heatstroke just by looking at them playing.

I don't think I would be able to watch the game right till the end. I had to.work.tomorrow, but would definitely be checking on Twitter from time to time. Yes, I was a part of #TeamMurray. Sad, but the English spirit in me lived on.

Update on Monday, July 8, 2013 at 9:50PM by Haris Abdul Rahman

Stop the press! Andy Murray won in straight sets. Well done!