Beethoven vs. Tennis

The mens semi-final is on and Federer is slowly but surely destroying Novak Djokovic to get to the finals. But am I watching? No because "Copying Beethoven," is on. Ed Harris stars as the curmudgeonly genius and Diane Kruger plays a young music student, who is helping him "copy" his Ninth Symphony. Ed Harris is pretty entertaining and pretty ridiculous (I can only assume he did something similar in "Pollock.") but I must admit the only reason I'm watching this is because Matthew Goode is in it...plus Beethoven's incredible music.
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UPDATE: Djokovic lost in 4 sets to Federer, who will play the winner of the Nadal/Murray match that's happening right now. The match is on tape delay, though apparently Murray IS UP 2 SETS to 0!

I got distracted and missed the end of the match...

But Novak won, because he's being interviewed right now! He's only made it to the semis and still has to face Federer, who he's 2-6 against (which doesn't bode too well.) But he crushed Roddick and I expected him to be too tired/in pain/burned out to do it, so way to pull it out. I'm so happy for him and hope he gets as much rest as possible, since he's got the match of his life ahead of him!

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Novak Djokovic leads 2 sets to 0.

Shits going down! Here are some shocking stats

Forehand winners:
RODDICK: 1
DJOKOVIC: 11

Winners:
DJOKOVIC: 27
RODDICK: 15
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Oh my yay Novak won the 1st set against Roddick!

6-2 baby! He's won 73% of his 1st service points while clearly Andy is not winning much of anything.
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Live Blogging from the US Open!

Djokovic is up 2-0 already. More to come
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my anglophilia always acts up this time of year...

The Championships, Wimbledon, aka the smarmiest/best tennis tournament in the world started monday. the picture above is from today's 2nd round match where the #3 seed - though he's the #1 seed in my heart- Novak Djokovic was ousted in straight sets by #75 (!) Marat Safin. safin was formerly the world #1, won the Australian Open in 2005 and the U.S Open in 2000. congrats to Marat I hope he pulls an upset if/when he meets Federer in the semifinals. i'm hoping this year's Wimbeldon is as exciting when Goran Ivanisevic beat Patrick Rafter to win the Mens' Singles Title in 2001 after he entered the tourney as a wildcard.

hopefully this upset and the fact that lindsay davenport is still kicking ass are the biggest stories to come out of the tournament and not that maria sharapova is bucking tradition by wearing shorts.

and now for some gratuitous shots of Novak that may not make him get over the loss but certainly make me feel better...

and a clip from Roland Garros karaoke from last year...