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Roger Federer lost to E. Gulbis in the fourth round of the French Open today, 7-6, 6-7, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6 and it was NOT the Sunday wake up call I was hoping for! Gee…anyhow…have to hand it to Gulbis (not my favorite guy, but), he won the match and Fed folded. Roger served for the second set and was broken and then lost it in a tie break. Not good. Then dropped the third. He was set to serve for the second set at 5-2 when Gulbis decided he needed to leave the court with an injury timeout. This is in accordance with the rules. BUT…I will say no more. Roger was broken but still managed to take the fourth set 6-4. Then, Fed is promptly broken in the fifth and I had that bad feeling it was going to happen and it did. DARN!!! Roger’s consecutive run of nine quarterfinal appearances at Roland Garros comes to an end. But people…he just welcomed twin boys (already has twin girls, age four soon to be age five) twenty-five days ago. He travels with a family of six and an entourage and adjustments are still being made. Don’t despair Fed fans…he will win another tournament, unfortunately not this one. Now, this becomes just tennis for me so…following this disappointing match…the supposed “match of the day” takes place and it was a dud…Djokovic vs. Tsonga. The crowd was flat, Tsonga was flat and Djokovic cruised in three easy sets. Murray finally finished his match from yesterday, prevailing 12-10 in the fifth set over Kolschreiber and Verdasco completed his upset of Richard Gasquet, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Berdych took care of the last remaining American, John Isner to advance into the quarters (he will face Gulbis) and the one lone bright spot for me on the men’s side…M. Raonic of Canada became the first Canadian man to ever reach the quarterfinals of the French Open, defeating Granollers of Spain. I really like this guy, Raonic from Canada.
On the women’s side, E. Bouchard (also of Canada) took out the number nine seed A. Kerber in two easy sets (surprising) and Muguruza continued her miraculous run (she is the giant slayer, taking out Serena) and will face Sharapova. Maria took out Sam Stosur in three sets, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0. It looked like Stosur was onto something after the first set but then Sharapova turned it on and after the mid point of the second set, she won nine straight games and it was over. Saurrez-Navarro advanced as well so she will face Bouchard in the semifinals. This has been a crazy (and frustrating) French Open.
To add insult to injury, NBC is finishing up their coverage as we speak by reshowing the fifth set between Federer and Gulbis…like I want to see that again..NOT!
Bubba Watson is currently atop the leaderboard in Ohio at the Memorial. Catch up on that later.
Last night, the Spurs surprised us and won an away game in this series, defeating OKC in OT, 112-107. Tony Parker sat out the second half with an ankle injury but “Timmy” came through (19 points) and the Spurs will get that rematch with Miami. The NBA finals get underway June 5th (good thing..”the old guys from San Antonio” can benefit from the rest). Let’s go Spurs! Also, very important to note…the Jimmy Kimmel pregame show gets underway June 5th as well.
Watched 3 Days to Kill on demand. Gosh, Kevin Costner still has it! It was very entertaining, he was great, just like in Draft Day. Check it out if you have not already.
For now…disappointed in Atlanta!
Update: H. Matsuyama wins the Memorial in a playoff over Kevin Na. Both finished at -13 as Bubba Watson came in second at -12. First time winner on the tour…congrats!
