Rafa Nadal became the greatest tennis player in the world this summer and he proved it at the US Open on the Billie Jean King stage by completing the career grand slam in tennis, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final. I think some year he will complete the Grand Slam in the calendar year. We did not see him play at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, French Open or the US Open. We saw the transition of Federer to Nadal as the best in the sport. We saw Federer win the AO, get beat in the quarter final by Soderling at the French to stop his appearance run in the Grand Slam semi’s at 23, and get beat again in the quarters at (more…)
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September 16, 2010
Back in the USA – 2010 US Open in NYC
Posted by George and Ann under New York, Travel | Tags: Federer, Grand Slam tennis, Nadal, Ryan Harrison, Sports, tennis, Travel, US Open |Leave a Comment
October 10, 2009
and counting before we take off to circle the world. I am not going to go on how excited we are but one thing I find interesting is how many people say “Aren’t you scared?” Thats a good question, because I am scared this is not for real.
I have worked as a TechHead for 30 years and the first 10 I was as excited as that group is today. To be that excited you have to be under 60 to have time to blog, tweet, IM, Facebook, email, voicemail, surf, …etc. Ten months does not seem like enough time for all that. .
This Blog idea started as a way for me to remember all the places we visit. But since this is in the Blogosphere, this can evolve to be more exciting and fun. Since we will not be doing the savoy truffle we should be able to answer everyone’s comments. I think I can do this at least twice a week, maybe more, we’ll see.
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