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{ World Number 1 Roger }

10:30 PM • Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Welcome to the world of Roger Federer. The mastery, skill, flair etc. Whatever words one can think of. These are the 10 records Roger set after he beat James Blake 6-0 6-3 6-4 in the year-ending Master's Cup final in Shanghai on Sunday:

1. First player to earn $8 million in prize money in one season ($8,343,885)
2. Most ranking points in a season (8,370)
3. Accumulated enough points to ensure he would break Jimmy Connors's record of 160 consecutive weeks as world number one on Feb. 26 next year
4. First man in the Open era to win 10 or more titles in three consecutive seasons (2004-11, 2005-11, 2006-12)
5. First man since Thomas Muster in 1995 to win 12 titles in one season (Australian Open, Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Masters Cup, Toronto Masters, Indian Wells, Madrid Masters, Miami Masters, Basel, Doha, Halle and Tokyo champion)
6. First player since Ivan Lendl in 1982 to win more than 90 matches in a season (92)
7. First man in the professional era to reach six consecutive grand slam finals
8. First man to win Wimbledon and U.S. Open back to back three years in a row
9. Beat Bjorn Borg's professional era record of 41 consecutive victories on grass and extended it to 48 when he captured a fourth Wimbledon title
10. Joined American Richard Sears and Briton Will Renshaw as the only men to win their first seven grand slam finals after winning the Australian Open in January. Sears and Renshaw achieved the feat in the 1880s

Now, isn't that amazing or what? Only two players (Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray) beat Federer this year. Haha but I think that doesn't hurt at all! An amazing 5 loss only! But one thing he's aiming for is the: French Open. This Grand Slam has been dominated by two-time Champion Rafael Nadal as it is on his favourite and best surface: clay. If I'm not wrong, Rafael Nadal had a consecutive winning streak of 60 clay matches, no doubt is he the Clay Court King. However, he always has to play Roger Federer in the finals. So, what more is there to say? Federer has reached 16 finals in 17 tournaments, winning 12 of them. The other 4 finals all lost to Rafael Nadal on clay surface. Lol. No wonder Nadal can only be World No. 2.

But I'm sure Roger will not give up till he captures his first French Open and that will complete his set of Grand Slams! Wow I can almost imagine him winning Australian Open first, then French Open (hopefully), followed by Wimbledon and lastly U.S Open next year! If he does that, there will be a whole load of new records set by him again =/ Like umm.. I don't know!! It's too massive to even think about it haha.

Oh anyways I predicted 2 out of 4 (semi-finalists) correctly for the ATP Shanghai Masters hahaha lousy me =/

Sigh I'm still thinking and thinking and thinking about my future. Argh nvm tmr then think, now I'll go and sleep =D signing out now tata~

{ Tennis Mania }

10:04 PM • Tuesday, November 14, 2006

After watching three Grand Slam titles slip away, winning the WTA Championships to finish the season with a No. 1 ranking was the perfect finale for Justine Henin-Hardenne. I supported Maria Sharapova but I guess Justine was just too good that day.
Justine was the fifth player to reach all four Grand Slam finals and the WTA Championships final in the same year, and the first since Steffi Graf in 1993. She won a tour-high six titles, reaching 10 finals in her 13 tournaments played. Woah! Great feat! She lost to Amelie Mauresmo in the Australian Open and Wimbledon finals, and No. 2 Maria Sharapova in the U.S. Open final. She definitely repaid them by clinching her second season-ending No. 1 crown with the championships victory. Hah. So now the year-end Top 3 rankings are as follows: 1. Justine Henin-Hardenne 2. Maria Sharapova 3. Amelie Mauresmo. MARIA!! I STILL LOVE YA!! Maria's still young. This yr 19 only hoho. I'm sure she can make it next year =)

As for the guys. Hmm. Roger Federer looks like the strongest contender to win the WTA Championships. He has already been crowned No. 1 for end of year even if he loses in first round HAHA. Like what the hell? Is there really no one who can overtake his position? Hmm. I would say Andy Roddick would probably be his strongest competitor though he just lost to Roger 4-6 7-6 6-4 just a while ago. Pretty close huh? Andy just need to win his match against David Nalbandian, the 2005 WTA Championships winner. I'm sure he can do it especially since he has his new coach, Jimmy Connors. I can safely say that Roger Federer would already be in the semi-finals. I put my money on Andy Roddick to be the other semi-finalist from Red Group.

Gold Group. Let's see.. I would put my bet on Nikolay Daveydenko as the first semi-finalist. He has a great year, in fact, his best year if I'm not wrong. And the other guy would be James Blake? Hah he defeated World No. 2 Rafael Nadal in his first round! That's already something to look forward to man! James Blake remains the only player in the elite eight-man field to have a winning record over Nadal (3-0). James Blake also has his best season this year 56-23 with five titles -- and finishing in the Top 10 for the first time. So. James Blake would seem fine to cruise through to semi-finals.

I wanna watch the matches =( but can't. They don't show it live! Argh. Can only see the live scores, which is.. not fun at all. Haha. I would love to see a Federer VS Roddick final! I don't know. Even though Andy Roddick has slipped off the rankings since 2003, I definitely think he still has the talent and power to be a threat to Roger Federer! Oh wells. I say so much also no use cos it depends on the player's performance on that day. Who knows Federer might not even make it to Finals. =x Oops haha that sounds quite impossible though hahaha.

Next time I'll send my kid for tennis lessons hahahaha =/ Ok just kidding -_-

{ !@#$%^&* }

10:22 PM • Wednesday, November 01, 2006

There were nights when the wind was so cold
That my body froze in bed
If I just listened to it
Right outside the window

There were days when the sun was so cruel
That all the tears turned to dust
And I just knew my eyes were
Drying up forever

I finished crying in the instant that you left
And I can't remember where or when or how
And I banished every memory you and I had ever made

But when you touch me like this
And you hold me like that
I just have to admit
That it's all coming back to me
When I touch you like this
And I hold you like that
It's so hard to believe but
It's all coming back to me
(It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now)

There were moments of gold
And there were flashes of light
There were things I'd never do again
But then they'd always seemed right
There were nights of endless pleasure
It was more than any laws allow
Baby Baby

If I kiss you like this
And if you whisper like that
It was lost long ago
But it's all coming back to me
If you want me like this
And if you need me like that
It was dead long ago
But it's all coming back to me
It's so hard to resist
And it's all coming back to me
I can barely recall
But it's all coming back to me now
But it's all coming back

There were those empty threats and hollow lies
And whenever you tried to hurt me
I just hurt you even worse
And so much deeper

There were hours that just went on for days
When alone at last we'd count up all the chances
That were lost to us forever

But you were history with the slamming of the door
And I made myself so strong again somehow
And I never wasted any of my time on you since then

But if I touch you like this
And if you kiss me like that
It was so long ago
But it's all coming back to me
If you touch me like this
And if I kiss you like that
It was gone with the wind
But it's all coming back to me
(It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now)

There were moments of gold
And there were flashes of light
There were things we'd never do again
But then they'd always seemed right
There were nights of endless pleasure
It was more than all your laws allow
Baby, Baby, Baby

When you touch me like this
And when you hold me like that
It was gone with the wind
But it's all coming back to me
When you see me like this
And when I see you like that
Then we see what we want to see
All coming back to me
The flesh and the fantasies
All coming back to me
I can barely recall
But it's all coming back to me now

If you forgive me all this
If I forgive you all that
We forgive and forget
And it's all coming back to me
When you see me like this
And when I see you like that
We see just what we want to see
Al coming back to me
The flesh and the fantasies
All coming back to me
I can barely recall but it's all coming back to me now

(It's all coming back to me now)
And when you kiss me like this
(It's all coming back to me now)
And when I touch you like that
(It's all coming back to me now)
If you do it like this
(It's all coming back to me now)
And if we...

Original version by Celine Dion. Meat Loaf and Marion Raven did a cover duet for this song. Superb!!! No. 6 on the UK charts haha.

Not much updates so far.. Tuition lessons and lessons and lessons. Finally I get a break for a month before continuing in December. Driving lessons are fun! I think i can pass easily hoho =P And I got a orange teddy bear! ;) I LOVEEEE the bear muacks muacks!

SAT results out tomorrow! =( I know I'll do badly. Oh wells. Time to go on with my plan of saving up for private uni and studying part time at the same time.

By the way, anyone knows how much can a W700i be traded in for? Tag me please!

Nothing much to type anymore. So tata good night =)