Decoturf II, the exact surface used in US Open.

They are playing in a new stadium in Beijing lar.. not Shanghai.

He will definitely come back... i don't think he's will do a Borg or Henin now. He's definitely not that type of person.

Federer has held the No.1 spot for 236 weeks consecutively... this is the longest record... before this Connors held it for around 160 weeks consecutively. One can't hold the top spot forever... He's not immortal.

Some little updates bout Olympics Tennis.

Most of the players have arrived in Beijing and been practicing in the stadium.

Nop. Should come out in Friday or Saturday.

And some luck maybe. He's definitely training hard and not giving up yet.

Anyway, tomorrow is the opening ceremony for Beijing Olympics and also the birthday for Federer. Federer will be holding the Swiss flag and leading the Swiss athletes. A very proud day for Federer.

Anyway, the Olympic draw is out.

Federer has Karlovic, Davydenko, Gulbis, Robredo and others at his side of the draw and Nadal has Murray, Djokovic, Hewitt and Nalbandian. Looks like an easier draw for Federer but many dangerous floaters for him as well.

More Beijing pictures.






This post has been edited by Bepeon: Aug 7 2008, 05:40 PM

He has so far performed better in all the Grand Slams compared to Masters Series.. so you can definitely look forward to a better Federer. He's not dumb and he knows the other players are getting closer and better now...

http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/2008news/oly...s_maindraw3.asp

Try here.

Go www.bet365.com

Register an account (give fake info no problem)... They show all the Masters Series tournaments and also some other tournaments. =)

Great quality.

Saw Federer, Gonzalez and Nadal...

They showed Serbia but didn't even focus on Ivanovic, Jankovic and Djokovic.

Very loud applause for Federer. =) The flag bearer for Swiss.


Talking on phone? o.O So busy? Lolz

The first day will be on Sunday. So no match schedule out yet.

Prefer Swiss to have it. =)



Happy Birthday to Federer. Good luck!

This post has been edited by Bepeon: Aug 8 2008, 11:23 PM

I saw Andy Murray. Seems happy as well. After all the athletes come out, they focus on Nadal, then Federer, then Murray, then Nieminen o.O.

No Serbian players are shown lolz!

I saw Serena Williams also.

This post has been edited by Bepeon: Aug 9 2008, 09:10 AM

Found the schedule for tomorrow.

Tomorrow's Schedule


Here's the schedule. Federer gonna play at 7pm.

Watch it at Channel 819.

Nadal will have a tough draw if Nalbandian plays his best tennis (well, most of the time he doesn't HAHA).

Nadal will be playing doubles tomorrow.. but not on the main court.

More practice photos.

Got rain in the morning...

Crap lar, i don't think they will show the night tennis matches. They cut off the Blake match because of volley ball. Sighz, even Astro got 11 channels still fail to show tennis. Crap.

Really crappy coverage. Tomorrow Astro won't even show any matches of the tennis event.

Then Tuesday they will show the morning session at 10AM.

Then no coverage on Wednesday.

And only Thursday they will show the quarterfinals... followed by Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Really messy. Even with 11 channels they fail to show us more tennis.

Don't expect too much from them when they show US Open.

Sighz, tennis is actually quite popular in this country... it has always been underestimated.

The main problem now is no live TV coverage and i couldn't find where to watch online. Really crappy Astro as usual.

Nadal won in 3 sets and Federer won easily in straight sets.. i hope thats a sign that Nadal is not unbeatable and Federer is slowly regaining his form.. One match can't tell much.. so we still have to see (Astro doesn't allow us to SEE!)



Not sure whether Astro will show them in delayed anot.. Crappy Astro.

Crazy news here. Murray has just been beaten by Yen Hsu Lu from Taiwan and Tipsarevic has beaten Ferrer. Really big upsets here.

Didn't expect Murray to lose in the 1st round, especially his impressive win in Cincinnati...

Really crappy Astro. >.>

=) Federer seems to be playing well from what the scores tell us.. while Nadal is struggling.. fatigue maybe?

Really need to watch the matches to know whats happening... Bloody Astro!

Murray would surely feel disappointed..... thought he would have a chance in Olympic... upsets prevail!

Not sure. But i know tomorrow they will show tennis event live from 10AM to 2PM. (Stupid Astro ignoring the night matches!) Will depend on how the organizers schedule the match tomorrow. So far the schedule hasn't been posted yet.

Nadal with his knees accessories all the time.

Today's Schedule


Match of the day must surely be Nadal vs Hewitt. I know that Astro will show the morning matches... not sure bout the night matches. Let just assume that we will miss another big match because of the crappy Astro.