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by Philipina A. Marcelo
Once again, doing that thing I (usually) do (for a living) with enjoyment, acute fascination, and severe passion...
...and yet, I wish there was time to write about Wimbledon... the fantastic way by which Roger Federer ousted old nemesis,
El Maestro, through to
the Round of 16.David Nalbandian of Argentina, from the Championships in SW19... the nerve-wracking way by which the defending Champ Rafa Nadal had to dig deep to push through to the Round of 16 via a hard-fought straight sets victory over Gilles Muller in their two-day rain-delayed third-round match... the way 2010 Roland Garros Champ Francesca Schiavone was sent out of the Championships by the unseeded Austrian, Tamira Paszek, in an epic third-round battle (3-6, 6-4, 11-9) that showed off their very best grass tennis - truly engaging! The way the hard-hitting Argentine warrior Juan Martin del Potro just barely edged off the brilliant Frenchman Gilles Simon last Friday, 7(10)-6(8), 7(7)-6(5), 7-5, to book a place opposite Rafa Nadal in a Round of 16 WAR today... the distasteful way by which Novak Djokovic
An "ugly win" for Novak Djokovic
in a beautiful third round
showing by Marcos Baghdatis.lost his cool (as in his old, immature days) while he figured out a way to prevail over the upbeat and crowd favorite Cypriot, Marcos Baghdatis, who pushed the annoyed Serb to an exciting four-set duel... how the #5 in the World Robin Soderling ran out of gas to manage another escape from the fiery attacks of yet another Aussie, Bernard Tomic, and exited the Championships disappointingly... the same goes in the case of the lady who has been attempting a return to the Top 10 limelight, Ana Ivanovic.
Oh, well...
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