Bring it on, suckers.
May 21st, 2010 • Uncategorized
THE DRAW IS OUT. Get some champagne and start booing. Roland Garros is here!
Amazing, amazing, amazing, amazing, ∞….
The ladies draw is here and the ‘Rafa + some other dudes’ draw is here.
If I’m being honest, the arrival of the holy tournament is quite bittersweet for me this year. It’s odd looking at the Parisien draw after I was just there last season. The overall feeling I have is ‘WOW, I HOPE THE OOP IS KIND TO ME — I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE KIRI PICS AND GET TO LENA V.’S COURT IN TIME TO WATCH HER GET BAGELED’ #2009feelings. But, you know, I’m not in Paris. There will be no Kiri pics (but there will possibly be a Lena V. bagel?), no stalking watching Sven and Sorana Banana hanging out, no fun court-changing, no long queues to watch Wicky, no watching players pass you without people realizing who they are (‘Omg it’s Galina Voskoboeva, why does she look so tall?’). It’s ok, I’ll survive. There’s always next year, am I right, am I right? Don’t answer that, readers.
I promise I’ll try doing a very good blogging job. Goodness knows how much I love this tournament. I’ll start by saying first round encounters I’m excited to watch (copying and pasting from twitter ftw):
- Kuz-Sorana (Kuz defends the title, poor Sorana defends quarters)
- Pavs-Cornet (Get it, annoying French Open crowd)
- Mollie-JJ (*weeps*)
- Aga-Bally (I really enjoy saying ‘Bally‘)
- Gise-my gf Vika (HEADBAND BATTLE — glorious!)
- Flavs-AKO (Anne is still, slowly, coming back from a knee surgery. GET IN, THOUGH?)
And, omg, the one that will break my heart and my heart only:
- Andrea Petkovic (I still need to come out with a suitable nickname for her. Pet? Tall German? I’m taking suggestions.) versus Elena ‘No, I don’t win matches, don’t ask why this idiotic Fierce Tennis blogger likes me’ Vesnina. IDKKKK, you guys. This probably won’t even be televised but I’m sure I’ll be holding my breath while looking at the scoreboard. (I say 6-3 6-0 ‘Pet’.) I’m cool like that.
To those that speak Portuguese, there’s a post on who I consider the favourites for Roland Garros over at Saque e Voleio. But I’m sure all of you Brazilians already read the blog. Oh, well.
(lol, no, WordPress, I will not tag this)
5 Responses (Add Your Comment)
-
Jennifer May 21, 2010at 12:55 pm
-
“But I’m sure all of you Brazilians already read the blog.”
I actually don’t, I cliked just for you. don’t you feel special, now?
“I still need to come out with a suitable nickname for her. Pet?”
Flamengo feelings.
Delighted you won’t be there to jinx people who matter.
-
Jennifer May 22, 2010at 11:28 am
She’s got a Vlog and she wanted a name for it. And one of the suggestions was “Petkorazzi” (I reckon it should be a mixture between Pektovic and Paparazzi. Though she isn’t a Paparazzi. Except of when you want to call her one because she filmed a bit at the Dubai’s player party, but I guess that doesn’t count)
Answer: I have tried and failed several times to keep blogs up. Why? Because I don’t like doing serious journalism unless there’s money showing up in my bank account — and there wasn’t. This blog will have no interest in being impartial or, you know, actually talking about the sport (ok, maybe from time to time). There are tons of other blogs (and news websites) that do this job pretty well already. Here we will discuss the shallow part: the outfits, the gossip, the outrages and who Fernando Verdasco is currently dating.
Andrea calls herself Petkorazzi.
Yes, I do like her humour.