Sports Thread #1 For 1/26/10: The Runthrough
After last night's performances and the pressure on the supposed overwhelming favorite to win, I really do think that Justine Henin is in for a long battle against the intrepid Jie Zheng. If Zheng can survive the onslaught her serve will take from Henin throughout this match, and be rock solid like she was against Kirilenko today, the tension will certainly arise on Henin's racquet.
Now matter how well she has played the big points in this tournament, the tension is still on the Belgian's racquet like it was before. Don't be surprised if a "Marion Bartoli Wimbledon 2007" semifinal folding from Henin comes in this match. Zheng has nothing to lose here, and she can counterpunch with the best of them.
Towards the men's side, and I fancied Andy Murray even before his massive victory over a now re-injured Rafael Nadal today. And I just still do, no matter who gets out of the top half of the draw. His wrist problems from the US Open are behind him, and he has not wasted any energy by being a perfect 15-0 on sets in this tournament.
Not only that, but the guy who defeated him at the US Open, Marin Cilic, has expended so much energy to just get to the semifinals. Those three five set matches combined with Murray's yearning for a first Grand Slam and revenge for the loss to Cilic spell the successful formula for Murray to advance to the final in four sets.
By the way, I think Nikolay Davydenko will do it tonight against a motivated Federer. Davydenko was always everyone's choice to leave the Top 10 at the beginning of each year since he somehow got there in the middle of the 2000's. He has deserved every accolade he has gotten the last several months, and I think he'll show that today.
That female bowler beating the guys is a fun story.
Rio Fedinand is getting the deserved idiot label right now. You just got back into the squad, and United need you. And yet, you go and do something like that to, well, be absent again. Genius.
A little pass half way through the NBA season, and you can already give the MVP award to Mr. James. by the way, hopefully expect a few mid-season review during something this week, possibly today.
Your first (and possible last) sports thread of the day.
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