Just got back fr the earlier 3 matches at Putra Stadium (ATP) with battousai, ahwee and kwai loh. Junebug also there keke... anyways it's a good experience to be watching the doubles especially. How i wish we can always play in air-cond courts, no wind, no sun.. heaven

anyways still can get tickets at the entrace for whoever wanna go ..

will be back there again at 5pm to watch another 2 matches, baghdatis and taylor dent will b playing their respective matches.

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Added on September 28, 2009, 3:09 pmdun worry my fren... not your fault at all. we're here primarily to discuss tennis and not other nonsensical things. so you can't be wrong in asking a tennis related issue.

This post has been edited by Yan: Sep 28 2009, 03:09 PM

ok ok . for you bro .. tonight i'll bring my camera. then i'll post it up later on. the free seats i got is very good position. not directly behind the baseline but a bit to the corner. so can see the serves and also the overall angle shot. and as usual it was nearly empty. So we get to move about to other positions to watch fr different angles. Was totally cool. Will try to get some quarters and semis hopefully they kept some for me.

BTW : finally saw someone though lower ranking but in the ATP using the PRINCE GRAPHITE EXO3 . One of the players fr C Rochus (BEL) / M Vassallo Arguello (ARG) in the doubles. WAH was so shinny man .. the green can be seen from where we stand. sparkling lagi..haha... too bad din bring camera ..

This post has been edited by Yan: Sep 28 2009, 03:26 PM

La-YAN ppl ..haha...
i'll try my best bro. hopefully my zoom can zoom in that close to the player.. else i might get my fren to bring his professional cam there. check back later tonight. sure will have some nice photos. But you are right on serves. even those players this morning, have awesome serves. Saw one guy with such a good kick, to the opponent's head height. and they are all tall (kwailohs).

maybe cakap tak serupa pikin case ?

Wow wat a tiring day. anyways here are some photos i managed to take. did manage to take some shots of serves but too malas to edit and post it up yet. also not very clear since i brought my compact ricoh r10 there. will take a better pic during the quarters / semis. Also took some videos but will edit a bit before posting. Anyways here are some ...

sorry not pro-photographer..hehe... cincai shoot onli

Baghdatis in the orange vs Lu












sidetrack a bit.. can u spot junebug ? with a chick way up there before we got him to come down join us





taylor dent in his black adidas.. mmm thinkin of going to customize a MI ADIDAS since it's still on promo for rm315 !!



p/s: can go visit the official website and their facebook link to get a better and more pro pictures there..haha.... too far to take good pic fr my compact ricoh though it has 10MP..hehe...

This post has been edited by Yan: Sep 29 2009, 12:11 AM

yah gold seats. literally empty lah hehe

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Added on September 29, 2009, 7:35 amdun hav to beg lah bro. i told you i got some free complimentary seats what. could have just given you 1. you interested to go today or not ?a fren last minute pulled out so i got one extra GOLD seat. u wanna go giv me a call ASAP if you can wake up your for ZZZZzzzz slumber ..keke. i'll be going for the Lopez game at 1130 then cabut. 3.30 or so is the Berdych (not sure the spelling..haha). Lopez is playing against this other Vassalo guy ( i think if i'm not mistaken he is using the Prince exo3 graphite - was one of the doubles guy with the green shiny racq )

This post has been edited by Yan: Sep 29 2009, 07:43 AM

no prob dude. hopefully i can make the 3.30pm match too...coz i'm on standby with the NEC-7 11 project.. hope nothing is up for today

the schedule :
CENTER COURT start 11:30 am
F Lopez (ESP) vs M Vassallo Arguello (ARG)
J Acasuso (ARG) vs [Q] R Bopanna (IND)

Not Before 3:30 PM
I Kunitsyn (RUS) vs [6] T Berdych (CZE)

Not Before 5:30 PM
[7] D Ferrer (ESP) vs M Youzhny (RUS)
[8] L Hewitt (AUS) vs [WC] J Johansson (SWE)
A Golubev (KAZ) / D Istomin (UZB) vs J Acasuso (ARG) / F Gonzalez (CHI)

COURT 1 start 2:30 pm
[1] M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) vs J Cerretani (USA) / R Wassen (NED)
[Q] M Kukushkin (KAZ) vs K Beck (SVK)
K Beck (SVK) / J Kerr (AUS) vs I Kunitsyn (RUS) / J Levinsky (CZE) - After Suitable Rest

too bad my ticket is for the morning slot... i wonder if i just sit there n don't go out .. can i just continue with the 5pm slot ..hehe.... yesterday's slot was 10am only. but today they seperated to 2 slots (ticket wise). morning session and evening session. So not sure they gonna chk again or not the tickets. if not u can try your luck by just staying and don't go out the stadium... and hope to catcht Hewitt

hey anybody knowos putra stadium got free wifi or not ? thought of bringing my lappy there if i'm gonna stay whole day .

This post has been edited by Yan: Sep 29 2009, 08:03 AM

maybe i will. if zdepth also sitting. eh can ask ur frens / officials there .. got wifi ar ? free one lah ..hehe

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Added on September 29, 2009, 10:21 amhey dude... i know topper is selling the WILSON leather grip. bought it once there and Sportprises in bangsar selling the Babolat leather grip.
so u can go and chk it out there.. price i think is somewhere around rm55-60.
quite pricey ..

or u wanan buy my leather grip ? i have one .. can be considered new but it's attached to a racq. but racq still new unopened(the plastic). coz i can't play with leather.. dun mind selling it to you if u want. then i go grab a softer replacement grip.

it's PRINCE leather grip.

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Added on September 29, 2009, 10:23 amdon't worry you won't miss much when you go watch the semis. i might join u guys too if my contact comes through n hook me up with some tickets for semis. ( u know who u r ..haha)

This post has been edited by Yan: Sep 29 2009, 10:23 AM

Anyways just got back fr another tiring session. unbelievable, watching tennis feels so much more tiring than playing our normal sessions. wonder how to sit through watching a five setter back to back

Vassalo vs F.Lopez






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check out the prince exo3 graphite (wished i brought mine just now and got it signed) then can sell rm500 more.. haha





My own exo3 graphite 100 which is still left unstrung ...


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[ berdych vs russian boy (forgotten name and lazy to go find out)














This post has been edited by Yan: Sep 29 2009, 06:29 PM

i was too tired fr 2 days of work (watching 8hrs of tennis). so cabut early today..

some low res videos i managed to take for 2 days ( for those who wants to at least see some movements rather than stills ).

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Added on September 29, 2009, 8:55 pmcheck out taylor dent's serve and volleys. damn he won like 3 of his game from serves. he can really serve man... super duper hard. maybe that's the closest i'll ever get to see roddick serve LIVE...haha.. unless next yr atp

This post has been edited by Yan: Sep 29 2009, 08:55 PM

doesn't this has to do with your grip ? i mean my own personal observation, if you are using for e.g. full western grip. you'll be hitting on the same side of the string bed on your forehands and your backhands. but if you are using an eastern grip and your bh is a backhand eastern ...you'll be hitting a diff side of the racq each time for ur FH & BH ... i don't think you "consciously" think about which side A or B of the racq u r using. mostly is from the grip choice that you play with ...

mm.. how to put this. very hard to word it out. It doesn't make a difference i thinhk which side of racket u hit.. coz it's identical in some sense. for e.g. when we add more lead to the head. we do it both sides of the frame to achieve balance and consistency. So i feel no difference at all how n which side you hit it. coz yes i do twist the racq whenver i waiting for a shot as that's how to switch fr the BH and FH fast. So i guess we don't scrutinize which side onli we hit right ? rather than concentrating on the ball. (not much time to think which side i'm using) hehe

Also when i say grip determines whether will u always hit the same side is based on hitting a FH and BH. meaning the chance fr both grips tat determines we hit same side or not. just hold up ur racket (if u r eastern) when u switch to BH.. u'll realize u're hitting with the opposite side of the stringbed. when you use a western n hit forehand then switch to a eastern BH.. u'll see that you r still using that same side.

i was given a tourna original dry by a shop to test it out. He was saying it might work well for me as he saw my blisters so suggested that i take one to just demo and see whether that helps. Well i've tried it on my PDRGT last weekend and found that yah it's not as tacky as the Wilson Pro and hence not much friction. However as i sweat, it gets to b a bit wet as it doesn't absorb sweat as good as the wilson pro. however i will still give it a try maybe this weekend. (taking a fast from playing tennis for 1 week after the grueling raya fest tennis marathon but compensating it by watching a lot of ATP .lol)

sure or not white hard to find ? black is a b1tch to find...hehe...i just went a bought 2 box load of wilson pro white fr Jetson (bkt baru) few weeks ago. and have spoken to him, will go down tomorrow or when i'm back fr johor on friday to get another 1box + 20crossfires for a friend.

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Added on September 30, 2009, 1:21 pmhey bro, so how's the apdc during ur tournament ? win anything big or not ?

This post has been edited by Yan: Sep 30 2009, 01:21 PM

actually u might be right. i think most my sweat comes fr my forearm. so might be a good idea to start wearing sweat bands on my wrist. time to accessorize again ...

eh.. not u meh .. who bought my apdc for a tourney inter varsity ITM or sthing tourney in shah alam .. u stay in USJ right ? unless i'm mistaken here

no problem dude.. yah i guess whole melaka that is the onli place i know with decent pricing and frenly owner.. i know he has 2 machines there.. one is a manual and one a digital. as for reliability in stringing, i never tried before as normally i go there just passing by and grab some stuffs only. never had chance to string there yet. can ask those in melaka, celciuz and ahwee87 i think. they are both fr MMU mlk. so maybe can hit with them ?
i tomorrow also passign thru on way down to JB only. sure one of these day if i go mlk will PM u and let's go hit a bit. normally i stay equatorial (with a nice tennis court). saw holiday inn has one nice court too. will possibly go there next trip down to mlk.

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Added on September 30, 2009, 1:33 pmis ti superwarp or supergrab ? coz i bought a reel of the acclaimed yonex supergrab (which was featured in tennis magazine and winner of best grip dunno wat year already) but yah ppl say it's comparable or better than the wilson pro. and yup me too used the black color (as it was the only black at that time to match my Wilson Kpro tour and APD). anyhow i find that it loses the "grippiness" very fast and it tends to tear fast too. anyhow nowadays dunno where to buy already since i bought it from a forum fella who was selling that grip previosly



This post has been edited by Yan: Sep 30 2009, 01:33 PM

ahwee is of now still here in pj. just finished his industrial training. he'll be back to melaka next week and still has a sem to go before graduating. yup a very very nice chap .. one of the nicest person i've met .. haha..

sure buddy .. i'll giv u a holler when i go down to stay mayb u can bring me to the famous ikan bakar village ..