Del Potro defeats Roger Federer!!!!!

Well, as per usual, I am sort of sad that the end is here. After this match, what the hell am I going to do with myself? Clean up dead birds? I hate it when a grand slam ends. The only thing good about a grand slam ending is that I will no longer have to listen to Mary Carillo. I'll miss Johnny Mac, though. He's a fave around here.

Is Del Potro going to tighten up? Federer has a 6/0 head to head with Delpo. Hmm. But Delpo is young and getting better every day. So maybe he'll make a match of it? Not yet. But, hey, it's only the second game!

CONTRAVERSY!!!!! Just kidding. I think there was something on the court. So a replay is called for. Man, that little "whoaa" moment woke me up. I'm going to pour myself a glass of wine now.

Well, as this match isn't so thrilling, I'm going to talk about myself for a minute. I am now 258 in the racquet bracket. This is down from THREE. This is because Andy Murray is a bad man and didn't make it to final. I do have Fed winning so I'll get some points, but I think I am out of the running for a T-shirt.

Also, RR and I were talking about trying to be the absolute LAST place, you know, purposefully? Just for the heck of it. And what made me think of that is I accidentally checked my racquet bracket for the Aussie Open- and I was 5008 out of around 6000. That's really really bad. But I can't remember if I did it on purpose- wait, I lie- I didn't do it on purpose. Sigh.

Oh - now it's good all of a sudden! Delpo woke up? I woke up, too. Maybe he sensed I opened a nice bottle of Rose from Provence and thought, "I gotta enterain this lady." Thank, Delpo, for thinking of me.

Oh WOW! Delpo is up a minibreak. I'm excited. Also, I'm feeling a bit itchy (fleas..I gotta bomb this house this week). He's got a set point! Oh man, that looked like one of my overheads! I suck at overheads. OK, now he a set point on his serve. This could be fun! I'm ordering sushi tonight! I'm really in the mood for a five setter. YEAH! Go Delpo!

What's this about a Lexus? Have I missed this the whole tournament? That's a sweet looking car.

OK, old dudes and their young wives. Gavin and Gwen! I like them. shit, I wish I could get away with that lipstick color. She's awesome- I love her.

WOW! The break! Delpo is looking like he believes! And Fed looks- ruffled. That is the word that I think best describes Fed when he gets off his game.

The shit word! not as beautiful as the fuck word, but hey. The challenge system is flawed, that may be the only smart thing that has ever come out of Carillo's mouth. It should just BE, IMO. As in, get rid of line judges. Otherwise, someone needs to kidnap her and make her go away. Maybe she'd make a good- PTA president?- or something like that? But get her off tennis commentary.

OK, Delpo is swinging like a crazy man. He's making it sometimes...but it's a little remiscient of Gonzo before Stepanki taught him a thing or two.

THE BREAK! Oh man, I am sooooo in the mood for a five setter! I'm hanging out on Tennis X (click here)- because it's so lively and so far none of the scary nutty people who do hang there are there! So it's fun!!! Come join.


OK, now I'm behind because I had to get food. But Fed just broke back. Not so surprising.

WOW! What a match! Fed really started playing badly but all credit to DELPO!!! An Argentine!!!! I'm so happy. I love tennis.

Yours Truly,
Paula

The Williams Sisters Defeat Black and Huber

Well that was quick. I got to watch the whole thing before making a ham sandwich, because it was like "boom", it's over.

I find watching womens' doubles alarming. I don't feel that way about the mens, oddly. I just feel that the women- all of them - go right at each other! I wince a lot.

I will say it was great to see Serena get such great crowd support. Her fans are the real thing. In fact, I was invited to join a group on facebook called "shut the fuck up if you don't love everything about Serena Williams".

OK, countdown to the men's final! I like both the players...I'll be drinking wine and blogging! (Although I'm doing this from my sons' room because RR has still not cleaned up the dead bird in the living room.)

Yours Truly,
Paula

Kanye and Serena

Rowan here, quick post!

So cool that Paula and family went to the VMAs! I am jealous. I love it when Kanye behaves badly, I can't help it. The man is great. Serena is great too, I don't think she deserved what happened. She and Kanye should collaborate. 

I'm a big Fedophile, but wouldn't it be cool if Del Potro wins the US Open tomorrow and does the most epic cross himself and kiss the heavens thing ever? I would like to see that.

Serena at the VMAs!!

People! It is really late. We are just getting back from the MTV Video Music Awards where Serena showed up! ( We thought she would!) Regardless of how tired I am, I feel the need to say a few things of last nights semi and - yeah. I normally make all sort of jokes- we all know there is plenty of straight commentary- but here it is. Here's a response to Danny and just my words on this debacle-

A player cannot challenge a foot fault. The camera for challenges only follows the ball. That said- I truly believe that getting rid of the foot fault is not possible- there must be a line drawn for where a player lands his/her foot. That said! It doesn't need to be a FAULT. It should be- and this after much discussion with RR and myself- it should be A LET! That's right, a let. Like when the ball during a serve hits the top of the net. It IS a dumb call. But we can't get rid of the line for the foot to land. BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE A FAULT. This is our assesment. Larry Scott and other asswipes who make the rules - take note.

Now, as this blog is also a blog the lets you all into the homes and hearts of tennis watchers- we came home and there is a dead bird spread all over our house. Literally. We are grossed out. It's a dead bird -still warm-- spread out all over our house. We had fun at the Video Music Awards, but a bad coming home moment. Really, really gross.

We just got back from the VMAs! Serena was there!

More soon.

Yours Truly,
Paula

Satan, Thy Name is Mary

I hate Mary Carillo. She cannot even bother to hide her hatred of the Williams sisters. Serena made a big mistake last night losing control, but the way Carillo is calling for her head is unprofessional and truly distasteful. Meanwhile, Serena is at the VMAs tonight. AWESOME!

In other news, I loved the women's final. Clijsters played a fabulous game with some killer winners right down the line. I was really impressed. I can't wait to see her play again. But can we at least acknowledge that the way people are fawning over her motherhood like she's Jesus's mother a bit much?

Are You SERIOUS?

I have been watching tennis since I was a little kid and I have never seen a debacle like the end of the Clijsters v. Williams match.

Clijsters played a wonderful match and no one can take that from her. The way she dismantled Serena's impressive serve was, well, impressive. I'm fairly certain Kim is going to wipe the court with Wozniacki tomorrow night. Serena and Kim will definitely meet again. I'm excited for women's tennis next year.

Still. If I were Serena, and a foot fault was called on me at that point in the set when she was already down 15-30, I too would have told the linesperson I was going to shove the racket down her fucking throat. I would have likely said some other impolite things as well. Tennis players behave badly on court all the time. I'm baffled as to why the officials chose to use the US Open semifinals as a forum for making an example. I think this is going to turn into a big hot mess come Monday (seeing how there was NO foot fault) and I also think if it were one of the popular players on tour who had behaved badly, the point penalty would not have been assessed.

Still, my favorite part of the match was watching the press conference afterward when Serena was trying to be calm and mature. It was definitely an award-winning performance. I particularly appreciate that she acknowledged how well Kim had played and that she was defiant and not too apologetic about her conduct. I love her even more today than I did yesterday. Bitch is fierce.

Serena defaults against Kimmy - WHA?

RR here -

Whoa what just happened? We had a match. That was wrong. Yeah foot fault code violation whatever, that was not the way for that match to end. It's a big shame. Maybe Kim would have broken, maybe not and the match goes on, maybe Serena digs it out - we'll never know. That was wrong.

Give the chair more discretion, avoid messed up legalistic moments like this.

RR out