Friday, June 24, 2005

Tennis Time.

Yes, it is time for tennis.I cant say that I am a religious follower of tennis. However, few years back I used to watch every single match of two players.

Pistol Pete and Steffi.Both are legends in their own styles. Pete, a grass court invincible. stefi, an invincible on any court.Once these two retired, I almost stopped watching Tennis.

People claimed that Hewitt is the next King, but I never liked his game and his girly -whines. Media said "Andy Roddick" arrived. But, I was skeptical about these two.

I watched Marat Safin beating Pete in US open final. This guy was amazing. He looked like a big player. I thought he could be the future king, though I didnt like his tempermental nature that was evident in the following championships.

While all this was happening, there is a silent assasin who made his way into the grand slam stage.
Roger Federer arrived very calmly without any hype. I started watching him but without any expectations with One thing in my mind"can he be another Pete?".

Though not ewxactly of the same style, he is another Pete on grass court. He is the King of grass. I dont think any of his contemporaries posess the same talent.

He is talented and he is humble. He is the reigning king of tennis. There is only one man who can stop this express. Marat Safin. But, Safin is not all that good on grass. On any other surface I would have said anything can happen. But on grass, I am sure ruthless Roger Federer will prevail.

But, is there a successor to Stefi??I dont see any of these gals capable of matching that talent. Though Sherapova might win the title she is no way near Stefi or for that matter Martina.

Monday, June 20, 2005

WTF...??????????????

I hate to use the three lettered expression...but last week...I uttered the same umpteen number of times.

The State Govt of Andhra Pradesh lead by Mr. Y. Samuel Rajashekhar Reddy confirmed 5% reservations for Muslims. With this, the total reservations in Andhra becomes 51%. So, all the so called majorities or forward castes consisting of Brahmins, Reddys, Naidus, Vaishyas etc...can compete for those remaining 49% or they can migrate to other states....wait....but the scenes in other states are not that rosy either....so, they can migrate to countries like US, UK etc...and live the lives of Sand-Niggers ....no probs....at least they are given enough opportunites in those countries. Congress govts in different states can ask Bangladesh and Pakistan to let their populace migrate into India so that the geographic distribution is maintained after all the Hindus leave the land.

The Dy CM of Karnataka almost got killed himself and some 8 bystanders when he fiddled with a Proclianer. Officials blamed the driver because he was not able to control the vehicle while Dy CM pressed a control button. One 8th std student lost his leg in this freak mishap.
I think they are filing a case against the driver now....though everyone knows who is responsible for the mishap.

Now into world of Sport:

The World Champions and supposedly invincibles....Ozzies lost to minnows Bangladesh. That too....Bangladesh chased a total of 250 against the Ozzie attack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adding insult to injury, they lost to England in the next game. In the triangular series featuring Aussies, Eng and Bangladesh......the Ozzies are at 3rd place.

The FIA screwed up with the US GP and it is pathetic to see only 6 cars running there. Schumi won an empty race and the F1 fans lost. If FIA keeps doing such stupid thigs....I doubt whether I will be able to watch Formula One after some 3 years.

On the other side....

Greece are shown what they really are when it comes to Football in the Confederations cup. A 3-0 thrashing by the World Champions Brazil and a 1-0 loss to Asian Champs Japan show the quality they have.

Friday, June 17, 2005

Pope, Prince Charles and Liverpool FC!!!!

Thanx to my friend Anil..!

" In1981 the Pope died, Prince Charles got married and Liverpool were Crowned chanmpions of Europe. This year(2005) the Pope died, Prince Charles got married and Liverpool are crowned Champions of Europe. Coincidence… But True….!! "


So, Liverpool should look forward to the death of Pope and the 3rd marriage of Prince Charles..;)

Monday, June 13, 2005

Long live Democracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"when the time came to choose a prime minister in the interim government of 1946, out of the 20 DPCC members who voted, 19 voted for Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and that it was only after Gandhiji asked him to stand down in favour of Nehru that the latter became prime minister"

Isnt congress still keeping with the tradition???;-)