I still haven't played tennis or gone swimming for the whole holidays unless you count in the Langkawi trip. No serious swimming yet I kind of miss the water, as well as hitting tennis balls with the racket! After watching today's tennis match, as in it was a delayed telecast showing on TV today, Andy Roddick versus Sebastien Grosjean, I am totally impressed by Andy Roddick! Arghh his service has so much power, pace, and "kick" on it! His service reaches 180+ mph. MPH!!! So even for his slower 2nd service, he will apply a slice shot on the ball such that the ball bounces abnormally when it hits the ground and its rather high.
This really makes life very difficult for the opponent to return the ball and even if he does its most probably a high ball and then Roddick will just keep attacking with his ferocious forehand or with his compact double handed backhand. The only player I've seen who is able to handle Andy Roddick competently would have to be Roger Federer from Switzerland. The Swiss is really able to return most of his first serves and my last impression of him was that, he doesn't make unforced errors. He is incredibly all-rounded, fast as in he moves fast, has near to perfect technique be it volleying or drop shots, has a good serve and .. he is really by far the most impressive tennis player I have seen. Andy Roddick on the other hand is just a "power tennis" player, if you have the chance, just watch one of his first serves, it is really a bit absurd, its so fast! Not to mention his forehand, you can see him apply the topspin most of the time, its really way too flamboyant. I think only the top players can deal with hitting tennis balls which are spinning so fast for hours, normal players like the rest of us would probably break our wrists first..
Went shopping today, bought some new clothes and a nice Astroboy "item" for BFSW hehe.. she should really go buy 4D now.. Kind of tired but oh well it was worth it, well worth it?
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