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WTF has been so dire so far though. Only a couple of matches stood out for me. Otherwise I saw one too many results like today.

If Andy is nervous and not at all feeling confident, his serves are the first ones to go (clearly the weakest element as far as his game is concerned) and yet, there's no end to Murray fans constantly bitching about 'servebots'. How uncanny and a great lesson for those haters. Great karma there.

Andy's return to tweets and Facebook so soon after the match suggests he is not at all devastated by the way he'd lost. It even implies he tanked the match against Federer. Winning against Raonic was important to him because of H2H and also, he has gained 200 points out of it. Against Nishikori, the H2H is in Andy's favour though could have used 200 points there too.

I said this before (probably at the AO 2015 thread) that this WTF wasn't that important to him to begin with, as he was just working on his ranking for 2015 AO, so that he can be seeded within the top 8 bracket.

He needs to realize though that he has yet to beat anyone this year who's ahead of him in the ranking - be it Nishikori, Wawrinka, Nadal, Federer or Nole. So certainly a big task ahead in the coming year among other things. 

congrats to nole and his fans. he is simply a machine on the hard courts.


don't know what it will take him to slow him down.

congrats to nole and his fans. he is simply a machine on the hard courts.

don't know what it will take him to slow him down.

If you say that about Nole, herc darling then we should also acknowledge the fact that Federer is also a machine on hard courts and Nadal is on clay. In fact, they are both machines in general as well since they are playing tennis since 1998 and 2001 respectively, and still on top of the game. Nadal might even be the biggest machine of all time if you think about all his achievements on clay sweeping most of titles including RG since 2005.

Nole has shown a lot more vulnerabilities over the years. He also has also lost a lot of finals since then. I've recently discovered that even Murray fans have turned against him and it doesn't surprise me. After all, they both turned pro at the same time and they both play the game in a quite similar fashion, and yet, it's Nole who has taken the big lead on Andy in every category. So all this venom or the so called 'personal preferences' are actually based on jealousy, hatred, anger etc. - nothing else.

Nole is a great guy and a great human being. He's made great decisions to overcome his won challenges. Many wrote him off after 2010, his worst year yet, but he in return wrote them off when he prioritized his goals and took a new leap of faith in 2011. We must acknowledge his dedication to this wonderful game and new challenges he's laid out for the rest of the players.

You should acknowledge this even more since Nadal himself had to overcome the 'Federer' factor and his fans to stand where he is now. Nole had to make even a bigger stride to overcome the 'Fedal' factor and their fans. He constantly not only has to fight against these players but also against their fans. It's not easy by any means because the work load is just double the amount than it ever was. Nole deserves a lot more respect than this.

Well, two people died last night nearby where I live last night. Cause was speed and alcohol. Was it worth it?

This btw reminds me about one other staggering stat about the US - drunk driving. In the 80s and 90s, around 25,000 to 30,000 people would die because of drunk driving.  They have made a great stride since then to reduce the amount but it's still alarmingly high. They are still one of the top 5 countries where drunk driving and accidents happen the most killing more than 10,000 innocents each year.

It's no wonder that alcohol is prohibited in Islam because not only people misuse it but also, it causes death. It basically has no positive contributions to society or to people. There are no drunk driving incidents in Muslim countries and you won't find any alcoholic father or mother even if you search for it your whole life. That doesn't mean that none of them drink because some do, but because it's a prohibited item since the inception of Islam, they drink moderately and secretly. In the pre-Islamic era, drinking used to be heavy to the point Muhammad had to come and make it a banned item. Women used to be regularly abused and harassed by drunk people both at home and on the streets. That was the only way to stop it since it was so out of control at that time.

Even in Canada, we take great caution; for example, unlike south of the border, alcohol is only sold in stores that have license to sell. This means you will not find even very cheap beers in places like gas stations. On top of that, alcohol is strictly prohibited in recreational areas - be it parks or beaches and other similar places. This prevents a lot of unwanted and unpleasant incidents - not to mention, much less road accidents.

Now I am not in favour of banning alcohol as I myself like drinking wine from time to time and other drinks if I am up for it, but I definitely want to take full responsibility for it. But that might have to do with the fact that I am, after all, from a Muslim background, so I must have inherited the notion from my previous generations. And I am a careful individual anyway but it is by no means a common element in people, especially in the western culture. So the best thing to do is to come up with a plan - whatever it is as long as it helps people and saves lives. It will also prevent a lot of domesticity violence caused by this substance.

We are such vulnerable species that not only we seek comfort in all the wrong places but also, we don't realize when those substances start controlling us, because at the end of the day, alcohol is still neutral. It's really not demanding us to drink it but rather we choose to drink and then we let it control us.  If we are aware or at least raise proper awareness, we can most certainly prevent this.

Emma your posts fascinating and entertaining.

I love all your posts.

I am out on the ocean right now and getting ready for a bike ride.

will reply to your posts when I get home.

Hope ecerybody at Camelot is having a wonderful weekend.

Thank you, herc darling. Full credit to you for letting me say whatever I want to say because you know very well that my intentions are always good and positive, even when people misunderstand it or deliberately misinterpret it, but you don't do it. You have always managed to see the points I always try to make and that's because you are a very open minded person and you know me well. That's why I really enjoy being around you since you always bring out the best in me.

Enjoy your time and weekend. I'll be back tomorrow as I've got some plans for this evening.

Not a happy ending for Federer. Withdrew with a back injury. Yesterday's match took a lot out of him. I was thinking about it since he's after all 33 years old and had less than 24 hours to recover.

So Nole wins by default. I do think he would have won anyway. He just slaughtered his way to the final. Congrats Nole!