She’s just toooooooooo freaking good.

Elizabeth Taylor, an American beauty.

Whose career Slam is greater?

Nadal vs. Bemelmans @ Thailand.

Top 10 Love Triangles.

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Did you know?

………..that computer hackers of today don’t want to corrupt your computer to access personal information only. All they want to do is to convert your computer into a zombie, ready to carry out all their orders. That’s why now they don’t even want you to know you are infected. And how does that benefit them?

If they manage to ‘control’ a whole bunch of computers (btw market value for every ‘controlled’ computer is about .10 cents) they can order that army of computers to do anything – like visiting a certain site all at once. Guess what happens then? The whole site crashes.

So how do they make money? They approach let’s say a sports gambling site right before a major event like Wimbledon and demand a certain large amount. The owners know if the site goes down for even few minutes they stand to lose millions. Deal is sealed.

Translation: Get your security updates as soon as they are out since in reality they actually are a broadcast to the bad guys that we have found a loophole. Don’t open email attachments from strangers. Don’t upgrade any programme unless you visit the ‘main’ site yourself for it……..

Nadal’s AO win vital in his quest for calendar Slam.

Yeah, because if he fails there, calendar Slam will become a little tougher, I think.

OK, for cheap freaks already on their head, this is what I mean:

AO title can more or less guarantee a calendar Slam for Nadal. Why? Because that’s the one Slam title that will motivate him to complete the feat MORE than any other Slam. Did you get it? No, you didn’t!!!!!!!

Apart from the obvious math involved, it’s the degree of difficulty compared to the next two Slams at least, that will force Nadal and his team to pull out all stops to secure the accomplishment thereby making even finer adjustments to capture the US Open title. Still not there?

Geeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!! Try freaking this: If Roland Garros was the first Slam of the season, the motivation meter would be way off thereby eliminating the intensity of the ‘certainty’ factor that an AO title will nearly guarantee. Conversely it will be the most heartbreaking experience too as there’s no ‘Nadal’ at the US Open – yet – to somehow justify the failure.

What every athlete aspiring to be ‘Great’ should pre-program his career planning kit in advance.

Hard work? Determination? Persistence? Resilience? Mental toughness? Personally bought condoms?………………?

Can any of the above guarantee move to ‘Greatland’ as much as the one below? Don’t think so.

Arrange for a set of conditions to pop up somewhere around the middle of the career that poses the most realistic probability of you never being able to play the sport of your choice again – EVER.

Past occurrence of this phenomenon has more or less assured the ‘victim’ to flourish beyond his wildest dreams despite being not as young and fresh compared to the ‘clean’ phase preceding this rise.

Who are some of the most glaring exhibits for it?

Schwarzenegger: He had an accident early in his career assuring an end to his iron pumping days.

Ali: Boxing licence revoked with no date for reinstatement. He was eventually out for three years – IN HIS PRIME.

Armstrong: Nut situation.

Kobe: Sex scandal with long jail time imminent.

Nadal? Knees.

Agassi: Dropping so low that he had to play challenger tournaments to climb back into respectable ranking.

You got more? No, you don’t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BANGKOK, THAILAND – SEPTEMBER 30: Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) and Rafael Nadal of Spain meet during the PTT Thailand Open at Impact Arena on September 30, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Victor Fraile/Getty Images)

BANGKOK, THAILAND – SEPTEMBER 30: Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) receives a present fromRafael Nadal of Spain during the PTT Thailand Open at Impact Arena on September 30, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. (Photo by Victor Fraile/Getty Images)

Shouldn’t Stallone lodge a formal complaint AND suit?

“And he has allowed me to live”. Geeeeezzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!

And who freaking wears shorts to visit a Head of State?

That thumb is just taking it all in – for now. Watch for a big pay back. You know how vital thumb is for certain ‘basic’ needs.

Tennis bag too heavy?

Most parts are already in contact. Why make the last one wait?

Cinderella sister into tennis?

I carry ice cream in my bags, chocolate in my room, M&Ms in my wallet…………..

World’s Scariest Bridges.

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Remember Mirka tapping her lips with fingers after Federer’s loss to Djokovic – even when she was fully aware she was on the jumbo screen?

Sure you do!!!!!!!! Ever wonder what was going through her mind then?

The best way to decipher what someone’s body language is attempting to project is to ‘model’ it as closely as possible. There’s a whole science behind it. Don’t believe it? Try Federer’s shoulder tug, Nadal’s pick, Roddick’s slide, Delpo’s strip tease OR try it with something closer to you like your spouse, friend, sibling, boss, neighbor etc. – and be startled.

So what was she thinking?

-Here comes the next crying session. Can I freaking hire someone for it, now that it’s becoming a routine?

-These lips are going there again – for a few days – to appease someone.

-That Nadal blow up doll is about to take some serious beating – again. Time for a Djokovic one?

-I think the time I spend blowing up those dolls is having an inverse effect. After all, I don’t eat that much.

-I need to take him out of his misery now with the second set of poked condoms.

-Hope Annacone is watching me do this.

Pete Sampras Knows All Too Well What Roger Federer is Going Through. From Claire. Thanks.

CLAIRE

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Letter to Brooklyn Decker.

Dear Double Decker,

When you marry there’s this undeniable rush – fairly or unfairly – to determine if the union has been a match based on how things begin to unfold after the ceremony for either party – professionally, socially, monetarily, healthwise etc. etc. Unless you get Roddick to now dispel the near inevitable One-Slam wonder myth, you will NOT be considered an addition Roddick unnecessarily delayed hooking up to.

And what would be the best source to get pointers from for achieving above? Heard of someone called Bridgette? Both of have you have about the same background and about the same tennis player as husband less some 13 Slams. Bridgette was unanimously declared as the reason for Sampras’s flourishing career coming to a grinding halt for two freaking years. She knew how hard it would be for her to live with it for the rest of her life specially when the man she destroyed will be under the same roof – most of the time.

So she devised a plan, gained her man’s COMPLETE confidence nurtured with selfless love and affection and tactfully demanded that he climb the mountain peak one more time – this time with a slight twist – FOR HER SAKE. See the not so subtle difference? No, you don’t!!!!!

You see, we men are literally and figuratively nothing without the driving urge to impress women – from the dawn of civilization to now. But the ‘message’ HAS to come from the ‘right’ source. They don’t call ‘Woman can make or break a man’ for nothing. Are you the ‘right’ source? Prove it if you are. Or move freaking over for the right one to deal with it.

What’s in it for you? How about a man iron cladly guaranteed to be with you for the rest of your life – unless you decide to move on – on your own? Will that work for you? If you can get Roddick to unlock that placard around his neck it will most certainly be your most important achievement in your life. Considering it will come from you getting someone else to get something – it will be priceless. Not sure? Just ask Bridgette. She has Sampras around her finger and more 24-7. I think even Mirka failed to pull him away at one of the recent exhos. Need more proof? Watch Sampras’s ‘Hall of Fame’ speech for live verification.

Bottom line: Sit freaking down with Bridgette – in private. Get the formula, put your soul into it – body is fine too – and watch the miracle happen. You will never regret the effort – even if it falls short. The gains are infinite and immutable. Go for it NOW or LEAVE.

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Nadal turning into ‘Rocky’?

Largely based on his looks, non-polished demeanor, language barrier, butt-picking, baldness, on court coaching / time between points allegations etc. Nadal feels LOT LOT LOT comfortable in countries that are NOT called the West. You can just feel him being like one of them instead of the forced, awkward and distant show he put on here (US) at the media interviews across the board after winning the US Open.

Thailand is going bonkers over him and the feeling is mutual. I won’t be surprised if due to this transparent affinity from Nadal for certain countries, Nadal will soon become the most beloved person at ALL Asian countries.

The comfort oozing through Nadal’s pores anytime he is in that setting is unmistakable and conspicuously distinct. If you still have doubts all you have to do is glean over his interviews in the US, UK, France etc. to view it first hand.

But this Thailand tour appears to add the ‘Rocky’ factor to Nadal’s persona – something he has shunned from forcefully in the past happily embracing the Mr. T role. Is this the turning point with the world now waiting for the next Mr. T to arrive?

Delpo’s crash in the opening freaking round ‘could have done better, not good, disappointing, are you out of your freaking mind!!!!!!

Straight set loss to a nearly 30-year-old midget Olivier Rochus who is ranked 78th, hasn’t won a single freaking title as a pro in 11 freaking years, is coming in with a losing 15-20 record for the season and a losing 212-229 record for career, is beyond freaking pathetic.

The loss screams of three possible scenarios:

-Either the work put in after medical clearance wasn’t taken seriously OR

-The return is premature as the injury hasn’t healed completely – mentally and physically OR

-Nadal has done enough this season to scare Delpo from facing a bull in total rage. Delpo knew based on his preparation AND / OR injury status that Nadal would completely annihilate him producing this large egg. After this loss, even cucumbers believe that.

How else can you explain this inadequate a performance in the opening freaking round on your favorite surface against an opponent with such miserable cred. Granted Rochus is not a typical opening round opponent but currently he is not too far from it either.

To me, the third reason cited above appears to be the most logical explanation. If it is true, Delpo-Nadal clash is NOT coming around anytime soon unless Nadal suddenly drops his form to even things up.

Based on Delpo’s win over Nadal ALL of the last three times they have met, Delpo has developed a reputation that he feels protective of. And then something happened last year at the US Open to add an even thicker coat to the rep. While Delpo has been improving steadily through the years BOTH these ‘incidents’ I feel, are beyond his current range with massive extenuating conditions intervening to make the near-unthinkable happen. For rock people, Nadal was having an off year last season and Federer just gave it away after crushing Delpo early in the match.

So this is time for Delpo to validate both ‘incidents’ while carrying a strong crutch of lay off, not match tough and what have you. I think, Delpo knows in the innermost recesses of his mind that both Nadal and Federer are far far far superior to him and the further he can delay the dawning of reality the better he will look at home and abroad. Right now he is literally scared to death in jumping in the ring with either one of them for fear of being stripped of all his disguise.

As much as Delpo is ‘shy’ it’s a contrast brewing on the other end. Both Nadal and Federer are gunning for him – impatiently – to realistically determine Delpo’s legit place on the tour. Fans are equally eager as he today appears to be the only hurdle in tripping Nadal from taking over the reigns at least next season if not for years to come.

Delpo has to man up and face his demons and walk into the den with guns blazing for his own good first, to get an accurate reading on where he ‘really’ stands vis-a-vis other guys today. All that requires mental strength – something Nadal may not be lacking in too much these days.

Photos with Nadal officially joining some cult with pink shirts.

World number one player Rafael Nadal of Spain listens to his team coach while taking a break during a practice before the PTT Thailand Open tennis tournament in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010.

Why not just add the jacket, the tie and dress shoes too? Geeeeezzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!

She cannot possibly be thinking tennis, right about now.

World number one men’s tennis player Rafael Nadal takes part in a tree planting project in honour of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s “One Million Trees for the King” during a visit to the Thai city of Hua Hin on September 28, 2010. Nadal will compete in the ATP Thailand Open tennis tournament starting on September 27. AFP PHOTO / PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL

Is that posture allowed for a knee patient?

Campaigning for Mrs. Soderling?

More on the Art of Tennis. From M. Thanks.

M

More on the Art of Tennis

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All right! Who’s going and bringing us back pictures? 

You know you’ve been doing animal rescue too long when…From D.S.G. Thanks.

D.S.G.

You know you’ve been doing animal rescue too long when…

1. You have a mental list of people you’d like to spay or neuter

2. You stopped at a house with a “Free Puppies” sign in the yard to have an “Educational Chat” and your kids had to post your bail.

3. Running out of paper towels is a household crisis.

4. You not only know all the characteristics of a good “stool,” you discuss them at dinner.

5. Your checks have messages on them like, “Subtract Two Testicles for Every Four Feet.”

6. You have a bumper sticker on your car that reads, “My Golden Retriever Is Smarter Than Your Honor Student.”

7. You secretly wonder about such things as how animals can manage without wiping.

8. You have phone calls forwarded to PetSmart

9. You absentmindedly pet people on the head or scratch them behind their ears.

10. Given the choice between having your teeth cleaned or their teeth cleaned, you have their teeth cleaned.

11. You not only allow pets on the couch, guests have to sit on the floor because the dog has “territorial issues.”

12. Your husband missed the final game of the World Series because the cat wanted to watch his favorite program, “Birds of North America.”

13. Your chatroom handle is “Queen of Spayeds.”

14. You and your vet are on a first name basis and he genuflects when you enter the waiting room. His daughter, at Harvard, refers to you as “Auntie.”

15. You needed a Xanax prescription to recover from “Old Yeller.”

16. You’ve forwarded more warnings about the dangers of chocolate, onions,mistletoe, and raisins than the National Center for Disease Control has issued about anthrax and Avian Flu.

17. You wear white year ’round. Not because you are flaunting a fashion or are a member of a religious sect, but because you have a Dalmation, Great Pyrenees, Samoyed, or white Persian at home.

18. The world would never guess from your “dog or kitty-speak” that you are indeed the CEO of a major corporation.

19. You tell your children to “Heel !” in the grocery store.

20. For relaxation, you went mall hopping with your girlfriends. Your eyes pinpointed and your face turned red when you saw a sign in front of a pet shop: “20 % off all puppies and kittens,” and you slapped three security guards before they got you safely contained in the manager’s office.

And my favorite:

21. People are still talking about your spay-neuter holiday greeting from last year,”Deck The Halls with Balls of Collies.”

Australian Open Turkey necks wishing for Nadal to win the Slam? From Wuiches. Thanks.

WUICHES

I’ve just found an article posted(since September 14) on the freaking Australian Open site where they almost say that they’re hoping for Nadal winning the freakin’ tournament!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And are almost suggesting that he’ll make it at the USO 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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TP, WTH is that???????????????????????? I mean… WTH is that????????????????????

You can post whatever you want on a blog or if you are a journalist you can write that Federer is the messiah if your newspaper allows you but on the freaking official site of a GS tournament you can’t freakin’ say that you’re expecting for some player to win the trophy!!!!!!!!!!

And we are months ahead!!!!!! We haven’t even saw Nadal’s performance in the rest of the hard court season!!!!!!!!!!!!! It could happen anything!!!!!!!!

Is that so good for business that they are really going to help Nadal to complete the achievement???

TV ratings would be that high???????

Is the enthusiasm for Nadal’s CGS so great that they are really expecting for him to complete the calendar slam????

Should we expect a soft draw conspiracy here?????

I’m rafanatic to the core but even I can’t believe that they just posted something like that!!!!!!!!

It’s just not freaking right!!!!!!! I’m gonna be waiting for that freaking draw and if it seems a little bit suspect I’m just quitting freaking tennis geeeeeezzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!

Nadal-Delpo clash prediction in Thailand.

Sharapova earns her second most embarrassing loss on pro tour.

1. Completely blown away by Davenport at ’05 Indian Wells in the semis 6-0, 6-0. Sharapova was ranked No. 3 in the world then.

2. Beaten yesterday by a 40-year-old midget in the opening freaking round. Sharapova was the top seed and the defending champion.

Three ways Nadal has made Roddick look bad.

1. Proving that Federer was after all NOT invincible at his peak removing the ‘could be’ very powerful reasoning for Roddick’s pathetic H2H against Federer (19-2).

2. Producing the above by improving his game one step at a time to get out from under the clay cloud further highlighting Roddick’s laziness in not taking corrective action proactively.

3. Opting for the back door instead of Roddick’s choice of ‘slightly’ grosser act?

Mid-life crisis without a wooden racquet. From Overcaffeinated. Thanks.

OVERCAFFEINATED

Mid-life crisis without a wooden racquet: Thomas Muster is back in the ATP pro ranks.

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“The 42-year-old Austrian, who returned to professional tennis in June, is ranked 988th with 7 points in the singles rankings released on Monday.”

In thinking of this dude, I recall his super duper comeback after having he knee smashed to smithereens by a drunk driver (now THAT is adversity for an athlete)…going on to win a single French Open… and making it to #1 based on his incredible ability on clay. Sadly the way the world works, we will never get to see him vs. Rafa in a match at their primes. I have a feeling Rafa would win, however probably by not much given the brutality in which each guy played their (clay court) game, the huge amounts of topspin, the insane angles they generated, and their stamina.

Most Grand Slam combined titles (all time). Thought McEnroe would have more given his doubles credential. Australian monopoly?

Most Grand Slam combined titles (all time)

In the following tables:

• “S” means singles.
• “D” means same gender doubles.
• “M” means mixed doubles.

Men # Player S D M Total 1 Roy Emerson (AUS) 12 16 0 28 2 John Newcombe (AUS) 7 17 2 26 3 Frank Sedgman (AUS) 5 9 8 22 = Todd Woodbridge (AUS) 0 16 6 22 5 Bill Tilden (USA) 10 6 5 21 6 Rod Laver (AUS) 11 6 3 20 7 Jack Bromwich (AUS) 2 13 4 19 8 Neale Fraser (AUS) 3 11 4 18 = Jean Borotra (FRA) 4 9 5 18 10 Fred Stolle (AUS) 2 10 5 17 = John McEnroe (USA) 7 9 1 17 = Jack Crawford (AUS) 6 6 5 17 = Adrian Quist (AUS) 3 14 0 17 = Ken Rosewall (AUS) 8 9 0 17

How Nadal and Federer celebrate wins on tour.

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Tony on what inspired him to improve Nadal’s serve.

From ATP site:

“I saw a video by Jack Nicklaus that changed my vision,” Toni Nadal, Rafa’s uncle and coach, told daily newspaper ABC. “In it Nicklaus said: ‘First strike far, then we will think about getting the ball inside.’ I said to myself: ‘This man must be right’. That is what I applied with Rafael. First strike hard, then we will get the ball inside,” he added.

Nadal and Delpo are on course to meet each other at two back to back non-mandatory events. Is it coincidence?

Right after Thailand they will square off in Japan (see left side bar ‘What’s next’). One of them must be eager to make a statement of some kind. Wonder who could that be!!!!!!!!!!

Did you know……..

………………..that any high impact exercise, specially running, is bound to exacerbate the force of gravity on your face making you look older than you really are – sooner than later?

Here’s one surefire way for Federer to ‘lighten’ the Nadal effect.

It’s a proven strategy guaranteed to sometimes even turn a legacy doomed and destined for gloom into one reserved for the superstars. Most greats have already used it to travel much farther than what their exploits on the court would have allowed them. Who are they? Connors, Sampras, Agassi, Nadal…………Ali, Jordan, Armstrong, Kobe……..

Have a freaking clue? No, you freaking don’t!!!!!

Here it is:

It’s rising from the ashes or near ashes. Federer has NOT faced anything in his entire freaking life forget about his tennis career that even remotely resembles what people call adversity on the scale most other greats have not only endured but have turned into a tool elevating them far beyond the record book / stat ceiling. It’s the classic story virtually assured of producing a dimension that humans find irresistible – irrespective of the discipline.

Federer today will be viewed as that silver spoon prince thriving in a shielded environment in contrast to someone who willed his way back to the top despite everybody writing him off – AND against insurmountable odds. If you are just appearing from under that rock, go to Wikipedia and learn what some of the above mentioned athletes had to overcome to make their mark and how that journey impacted the final product.

That kind of comeback highlights your power over the intangibles mostly related to your mental being. It’s what dreams are made of AND hit Hollywood movies. Add the current knock on Federer for being mentally weak and you know this resilience will hit the bull’s-eye mitigating some of the effects from obvious quarters.

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Request for tips on visiting LA. From Dee.

Hey, I would really love some tips on visiting LA. This is one of my dreams to visit USA.I heard about tipping. Do we have to do it every where? and what sort of an amount? What is the best way to visit Disney land from Hollywood? and any helpful hints at all to look for, Please please please!
Thanks
Dee

Three Grand Slam tournament titles in a year. Connors did that too?

Players who have won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in the same year.

Men’s singles

• Jack Crawford
  • 1933: Australian, French, & Wimbledon Championships
• Fred Perry
  • 1934: Australian, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
• Tony Trabert
  • 1955: French, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
• Lew Hoad
  • 1956: Australian, French, & Wimbledon Championships
• Ashley Cooper
  • 1958: Australian, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
• Roy Emerson
  • 1964: Australian, Wimbledon, & U.S. Championships
• Jimmy Connors
  • 1974: Australian, Wimbledon, & US Open (He and others were banned from the 1974 French Open^[7])
• Mats Wilander
  • 1988: Australian, French, & US Open
• Roger Federer
  • 2004: Australian, Wimbledon, & US Open
  • 2006: Australian, Wimbledon, & US Open
  • 2007: Australian, Wimbledon, & US Open
• Rafael Nadal
  • 2010: French Open, Wimbledon, & US Open

Most consecutive Grand Slam tournament titles. Can Nadal match it?

Men’s singles

Don Budge (6): (1937 Wimbledon through the 1938 U.S. Championships).

Slam break-up among greats.

Player	AO	FO	Wimby	USO	Total
Laver	3	2	4	2	11
Borg	0	6	5	0	11
Lendl	2	3	0	3	8
Connors	1	0	2	5	8
Agassi	4	1	1	2	8
Federer	4	1	6	5	16
Nadal	1	5	2	1	9
Sampras	2	0	7	5	14