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The US Open match timings are very odd for us. The Federer vs Del Potro finals started after 2 AM. Which makes it impossible for us to see it. It seems to have been a good match, though I did hear that Federer's game wasn't without errors. But this grand slam somehow doesn't have the same appeal the others do. For a start the commentary we receive is awful and brings no feeling into the occasion. There is an attempt to create drama, which has quite the opposite effect. I am unable to enjoy the music they have between games. Feels like it dilutes the intensity in some way.

But it's been a most fascinating event this year. Kim Cjlisters is one of the few players I used to follow in the women's game. After the Graf-Seles era, women's tennis hasn't seen any consistent champion. Her match against Serena Williams was most interesting too. No matter what, I found it rather childish the way Serena ended the match. It will be a moment to remember in this year's Open.

A small excerpt from a New York Times article by David F. Wallace, none of which, if it happened at all this year, did I get to see :

"...Federer had to send that ball down a two-inch pipe of space in order to pass him, which he did, moving backwards, with no setup time and none of his weight behind the shot. It was impossible. It was like something out of 'The Matrix.' I don't know what-all sounds were involved, but my spouse says she hurried in and there was popcorn all over the couch and I was down on one knee and my eyeballs looked like novelty-shop eyeballs."