About Rose: I grew up in Singapore, lived in Melbourne but currently call London home. I love gastronomic adventures, especially while travelling. I stated writing at 17 to remember how it all began.
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08 September 2005
3.29pm, thursday
THAT WAS SIMPLY THE BEST MATCH. I'M STILL REELING FROM THE ADRENALINE HENCE THE CAPS. BUT WATCHING BLAKE AND AGASSI BATTLE EACH OTHER WAS SIMPLY AMAZING AND AN INCREDIBLE EPIC TO WATCH. SORRY IF I SOUND AS IF I'VE LOST MY MARBLES BUT THE 5TH SET WAS AN ABSOLUTE SUBLIME GAME OF TENNIS. THE CROWD WAS PERPETUALLY SCREAMING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SET AND THE UMPIRES COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO QUIETEN THEM. IT WAS LIKE THE BEATLES AT SHEA STADIUM.
I WAS STOMPING MY FOOT AND CLENCHING MY FISTS IN AGONY EACH TIME BLAKE WON A POINT BUT MARVELLING AT HIS GRIT AND ARTISTRY. AND THEN THERE WAS AGASSI WHO IS SIMPLY THE EPITOME OF RESILIENCE AND GREATNESS. BLAKE WAS SERVING FOR THE MATCH IN THE FIFTH SET AND AGASSI FOUGHT BACK FROM BEING DOWN 30-0 at 6-5. HE TOOK ALL THE RILED EMOTIONS OF THE CROWD IN HIS STRIDE, AND THEY BOTH FOUGHT SO HARD AND WITH AMAZING ARDOUR.
AND LIKE EVERY DRAMATIC 5 SETTER, THEY WENT INTO A TIE-BREAK AND BLAKE WAS LEADING 3-0 AND AGASSI FOUGHT BACK. WITH EVERY BREAK POINT WON, YOU COULD SEE THE CROWD IN THE STANDS ERUPT IN CHEER, THROWING THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR JUBILANTLY. OH AND THE ANGUISH OF A BAD CALL- THERE I WAS, MOUTH STUFFED WITH CHIPS AND A STIFLED SCREAM OF "COME ON!! IT WAS OUT!!!". YOU WATCH THE COMPUTERISED REPLAY AND REALISE THAT THE LINESMAN WAS INDEED A GIT AND THE UMPIRE EVEN MORE SO FOR NOT OVERRULING THE BAD CALL. AND THE CROWD OF 20, 000 AT 1.25 AM IN ARTHUR ASHE ONCE AGAIN MIRRORED MY SENTIMENTS- WINCING, YELLING AND WANTING SO HARD THE OTHER TO WIN.
EVERYONE CHEERED FOR THE UNDERDOG BLAKE WHO HAD GONE SO MUCH ADVERSITY THE PAST YEAR WHILE STILL ROOTING WILDLY FOR AGASSI, THE LEGEND. HOLYYY MOLEEYYY... I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE HOW THE MATCH ENDED IN THAT (ALBEIT CLICHED) NAIL- BITING TIE BREAK. THE ONLY TIME I WAS THIS UNNERVED WATCHING A MATCH WAS THE '03 AUST OPEN RODDICK-AYNAOUI 5HR MATCH. HOLY COW... *HEART PALPITATES* SO WATCH THE MATCH, AT LEAST THE 5TH SET, S'IL VOUS PLAIT? I THINK I'VE JUST ABOUT CALMED DOWN NOW....
alright, so do watch it, it's blooming good, i promise. try not to find out who won the match. just watch the 5th set at least if you're pressed for time because that'll be the best hour of your day. it was for me :) *contented*
"but you can come along with me 'cause we got a lot of things to do now and we'll have fun, fun, fun..." - fun fun fun, beach boys