Forty Deuce

Pic This: Weekend Wrap-Up

 
Self-referential stereotyping: ur doin it rite.

Hmm... someone spent her time out of tennis taking some modern dance.

Come on, Kim, it hasn't been that long.  Use that thing you're holding, not your foot.

Brisbane Draw: Before...

... and after.  Whoops.

"Hmmm.  No, the sign in for Awkward Couple of the Week isn't closed yet."

Agnes, don't think you're off the hook here, but what the hell is Timea wearing?

And, because they're so special they deserve their own category [cue circus music]...

 
I wish I'd watched this.  Does she even have to crouch down when he serves?

 
"Look in my eyes! ... if you can tilt your head back that far."

LOL indeed, Melanie.  L.O.L.

Pic This: Jesus, Someone Get Gilles A Belt.

I love, so much, that the ATP marketing guys have a sense of humor. 

Because this collection of fearsome kickboxers is...neither of those last two things.

You're adorable and all.  Really.

But there's a reason the French have never won a war.  Like...ever.

As for Halpert, he was making sexy face...

...while getting a thai foot massage.  Efficient, that one.

Way adorable though. 

And does Gilles shirt say "Cool Trainers Always Make Me Smile"?  You're so awesome.

No American Hero.

While The Kid and Serena are flying the flag for the ladies, the American men got stumped.  Hard.

With Halpert's loss to Fernando, no American men remain in the draw.  This is the first time in the history of the USO that no American men made the quarterfinals.  I find that to be a pretty nutty stat.

Pic This: Upset Saturday

What weird Saturday at the Open.  

Didn't have time to post about it but nice win for Nole over Jesse Witten yesterday, and heck of a match from Witten to really push Nole and make us all think an upset was brewing.  Glad as hell that Nole made it through though and that he won't have to face A-Rod....

...thanks to this guy.  Love it.

As my best gay would say, "Uh, pass."

"Heeeeeere's, Johnny!"

Just when I thought Melanie's win would be the match of the day, Halpert brings it.

I honestly didn't think he had it in him.  After A-Rod took the third set I figured Big John would go away.  But he played a smart 5th set, focusing on holding serve and forcing a tiebreak.  Once in the tiebreak it came down to one shot: The cross-court passing shot that gave him the minibreak.  He had match point on his serve, the Bulldog stepped up and delivered despite cramping through most of the 5th set.

As for A-Rod I have no idea what to say.  But this is yet another close match that he's lost out of nowhere.  All credit to him for being able to fight back after being down 2-0, but once again he was stuck serving from behind in the 5th and in the tiebreak, too.  Deja vu can kinda suck.