vaidisova, we wanna get to know ya'!

Women's Semifinals

We'll keep this short and simple, since it's getting pretty late.

I don't know whether to be happy for Vaidisova, or just terribly angry. You get into the semfinals of a grandslam for the first time, at just 17, and you lose a match your never supposed to, being just four points away from the finish line.

Vaidy's serve is about as good as it gets, very similar to Sharapova on most ways: power game, good serve (Vaidy's technique is much better), a powerful forehand that will work wonders when the day is right, and a highly marketable face.

But Vaidisove did what Sharapova did not do at 17: choke near the end. I was reather pining over Vaidy winning Roland Garros this time around, no really, i was. And the way she was playing Kuzne in the first half of the match, you kinda though, hey, wow, maybe we have something here - but, alas, just our luck. She lost her first serve at the wrong time, and rushed the points at the wrong time - and the player we had seen beat Mauresmo, despite losing the first set, and beating Venus, who demolished her in the second set (and you'd think she'd carry the momentum with her in the third) - loses to good ole Svetlana Still Surviving Kuznetsova, who barely made a mark circa 2005.

Anyway.

Justine cruised by a Kim, who seemed to want to contribute to Justine's cause. A more lackluster performance, there was none. Baah. Someone shake Kim by the neck and ask her to concentrate and bring the killer instinct back on board. This Oh-I-Don't-Care-Much-No-Really attitude will always leave her one step away from the Slams she SHOULD be winning.


Right. the boys play tommorrow. Federer versus Nalbandian up first: In Federer We Trust, as the saying goes - but this might be a five-setter - if there's any guy who can beat Federer, and he's not wearing clam-diggers or if his first name isn't Marat - it has to be this guy.

Nadal versus Ivan up second. Not much difficulty for our Baby Bull there.

I can feel a Nadal-Federer final!! =)