2010 Australian Open in Review (countown to Final)

My Top 10 Moments

10. James Blake making it to the 3rd Round! Looks like he's getting his head in order. (J-Block for life!)

9. Andy Roddick making it to a the Quarters and cussing out a chair ump along the way.

8. John Isner, ranking #2 in America, making it to the 3rd Round. Go, big man, go!

7. Maria Sharapova out in the 1st Round to Maria Kirilenko.

6. Roger's rout of Tsonga in the Semi-Final, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, in less than an hour and a half.

5. Kim Clijsters demolished by Nadia Petrova in the 3rd Round and then admitting she played like crap.

4. Andy Murray, the hope of Britain, reaching the AO Final.

3. Roger Federer's 23rd consecutive Grand Slam Semi-Final appearance.

2. Justine Henin's epic return and ride to the Final where she lost in 3 sets to Serena Williams.

1. Davydenko destroying Roger in the Semi-Final in the first 1.5 sets and then getting spanked the rest of the way. The world went cross-eyed.

Honorable mention - Santoro plays his last match extending his career over 4 decades.

Congratulations!

Roger and Mirka got married at a secret ceremony in his hometown in Switzerland. He supposedly shed tears of happiness. So sweet! He's going to make an amazing dad.

Plus, he won in Monaco. He beat Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-4, 6-4 to make the third round and will face his Swiss buddy Wawrinka in the next round. Wawrinka's really doing well these days!

Got Roger's autograph at Indian Wells!

The year in review

I think this Onion article says it all. It's a MUST READ!!

US Open Stat courtesy of Scott

Here's another comparison of Roger's dominance:

He's made 18 straight GS semis (as Royce mentioned earlier). The entire Russian women's entourage (Dementieva, Sharapova, Kuznetsova, Safina, Chakvetadze, Zvonareva, and Petrova have all made at least one and have been in the top 10 over the streak) have only made 17 of the last 18 semis.

Blog's been down but Wimbledon goes on

I've had to stop and reflect since the thrashing at the French Open. It's been tough on all of us. So I went on hiatus here.

However, Wimbledon's around the corner. And the LA Times posted a funny story about Roger. I have to share.

Roger Federer's vulnerability becomes an issue

Also, he won a tournament while I was on hiatus. Halle, Germany without dropping a set or dropping serve. Wow. No wonder he showed up at Wimbledon looking sublime as ever.

Federer was not betterer today

Roger did not win the French Open Final today. Rafa played great. Let's leave it at that.