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17 Year Old Christina Mchale
Pretty much all that happened since I last posted was three matches.
Sharapova, Roddick and Djokovic all won. Convincingly.
Sharapova had a GREAT match against Mchale (pictured above...duh). I think that was the best I've ever personally seen her, and I really think that with Venus' knee, that Sharapova is definitely in contention, and I really think she's one of maybe four people (Sharapova, both Williams, Safina) that could win the US Open on the Women's side. I think that Safina has the lowest chance too. From what I saw, Maria looked just plain old strong.
Djokovic trounced his opponent, so there isn't much to say here.
Roddick was GREAT. He played Marc Gicquel tonight, and won pretty convincingly. Ironically, it was the exact same score as their match in the French Open this year. Roddick was looking clean, smart and very good. I think he's one of the only guys that could win the US Open. In my opinion, he has the greatest chance outside of Federer or Murray.
Draws are here.
And the scores from today are here.
"Let me start by saying that this is not a love story."
500 Days of Summer Poster
Let me actually start by saying that this movie was BRILLIANT. Everything about it was done right. I think it was pretty much the best movie of 2009 so far.
I'll start at the acting, like always. The acting in this was sublime. I don't see how either Joseph Gordon-Levitt or Zooey Deschanel could not have their careers skyrocket after this movie. Even all the extras and people with small roles were perfect. The irony of the main character's little sister and her use of humor was brilliant. The protagonist's friends were also very well played. Everything was great about the acting. Usually you can pick out one thing you didn't like in a movie (or in a movie like GI Joe's case....everything), but in this, I had a hard time not liking anything.
The directing was also brilliant, and perhaps, even more. Watching this was a bit like a Christopher Nolan film (consistently out of order), but it was very organized and clear. The order and the juxtaposition of scenes and tones, and the creativity of it all was so refreshing and powerful. The best things about this movie are the understated details, like the comparison to the first scene and The Graduate (I'm trying really hard not to spoil any of it for you). The situational irony, the use of the sets and script was perfect. Everything looked, felt, and sounded good about this movie.
The story was amazing. This was like a revolution in Romantic comedies. Honestly, I think it transcends the genre, like so many great movies do. A great Sci-Fi, like Star Wars really shouldn't be called a Science Fiction movie. A great action movie like Die Hard, that has real characters and a story shouldn't be put in the same category as most action movies. This film was great because it was so true. A lot of the people I saw it with were in relationships, and were very naive, and were in their first relationship, so they still assumed that things like what happened in the movie don't happen. Not to people like them. I think the movie struck a chord with them then, and their natural reaction is to just think that it's, and I quote, "stupid." It's a tough one to wrap your head around, but when you realize the twist and you see the ending, you'll realize that this movie is brilliantly written.
In short, this movie, was perfect. It was the most original and creative thing to come out of the box office all year, and is hands down the best romantic comedy I've ever seen.
So, we're halfway through the day and something pretty big has happened on the women's side, while the men's side has barely gotten on the courts. Roddick and Djokovic are scheduled to play later today, and more on that later.
Melanie Oudin
On the Men's side, we had a couple of interesting matches involving American's. I saw some parts of these matches. Robert Kendrick lost to Tommy Haas, which isn't too surprising, but I was rooting for the American as always.
Americans Sam Querrey and Kevin Kim played earlier, and Sam Querrey won in four. He's going to play Robin Soderling, who advanced to the round after playing two games. His opponent retired pretty quickly. Soderling won the last two meetings with Querrey and made it to the Finals of the French and is famous for being the first person to beat Nadal at Roland Garros.
The big story is Jesse Witten on the men's side. He's ranked around 250 in the world and is in the 3rd round of the Open. His next match could be Djokovic, so there might not be too much of a chance of him going to the 4th, but even if it's not Djokovic, I saw Ball's first match (the person playing Djokovic tonight), and he's a pretty good player. He won convincingly at the end of his match.
Verdasco and Davydenko won a bit too easily, but I think they'll have more challenging rounds in the future (Verdasco is playing Tommy Haas next, which'll be a good match).
On the Women's side, the number 4 AND 5 seed are OUT. Dementieva (4) and Jankovic (5) both lost today, opening up the women's draw a bit. American Oudin (pictured above) beat Dementieva in a great match, and show of her will and determination. She fought off what looked to be a moderate to severe cramp in the thigh to beat the hardened veteran. Jankovic lost in a tiebreak, which I think was less a physical loss, and more a mental one. She just looked like she couldn't find her game at the end of the match.
So, later today, Maria Sharapova will play a very, very good young American, who might actually have a shot of winning. I'm putting my money on the American. If she wins, there'll be a match between two 17 year old Americans.
Right now, Robredo just won, and will hopefully play Blake, who's playing Rochus right now. I'll post later tonight summarizing the rest that happens.
I just came back (literally, like, an hour ago), from Boston to see Tucker Max's much hyped movie, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, which shares its name with the New York Times Bestseller by the same name. About the book.
Just like the signed poster I got at the Premiere
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Dinara Safina
Not much has happened today. A couple of matches have been finished and no surprises, other than Women's #1, Dinara Safina, losing the first set in her first round match. Honestly, I don't care if she loses a set or two (well, not two, since it's women's...), but when she loses in a tiebreak, because of her double fault, what are we supposed to think
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Roger Federer playing in an US Open match that blatantly isn't the one this post is about.
I was eating lunch when this match flicked onto the television. Federer against what seemed to be some random boy
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Comment by Fremen
on another poem
Tennis
The Grudging Geek
Progressively Worse
I like this one way better than that other thing you call a poem.