Australian Open && Davis Cup in Minsk
Being an avid tennis fan I’m happy that tennis season finally kicked off, so every night I watch live reports from “down under.” The best match so far was Roger Federer’s battle with Tommy Haas, today, a real pleasure to watch. And before that Federer easily won against Belarus’ Max Mirnyi:
In women’s tournament our young starlet Victoria Azarenka fell in the first round. Junior Australian Open champion in single and doubles needs more, in order to win on the profi WTA level.
Also Radael Nadal announced that he’s not coming to Minsk for the Davis Cup match. Still, Spanish line-up in Minsk will be formidable: David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo, Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez. All of them are big players. I wish I could be in Minsk in February to see them live.
P.S. On a deeper level I understand that watching sports is a waste of time. Yet, I do watch it because it makes me feel “normal”, “just like other guys” and it makes me feel relaxed. Also, sometimes I like excericising on the stationary bicycle while watching tennis, becase it gives me an additional mental push in order to work harder.
January 24th, 2006 at 6:55 am
Because the tennis is on so close to where I work, it means my train is always much more crowded in the morning!
It was a great match last night though, I thought Federer had it easily won after the first two sets, but Haas really put on a show to win the next two.
I always get conflicting emotions when I watch tennis, because I really don’t like Lleyton Hewitt. I think he is a terrible ambassador for Australia as he consistently shows poor sportsmanship and has done so to varying degrees throughout his career. Plus he’s still so young, so we’ll have to put up with him for many years to come.
I am a big sports fan, yet most of my friends are quite the opposite. Most of my friends hold the same opinion you express in your post script, of watching sport to just be a waste of time. Right now I can’t come up with an argument against that, but I still love watching!