blisters

despite having serious blisters and requiring a medical timeout, rafa won against nieminen. glad that we had dinner last night at café alfonso coz i was able to catch some of the 3rd round clash between rafa and jarkko. i hope that the blisters won't bother him this time, as he faces verdasco in the fourth round.

the biggest news however was the early departure of serena and venus! too bad that our cable connection was suddenly changed from sky to home (w/c doesn't have balls channel in their lineup), that's why i didn't see how stunning the 2 defeats were. the williams sisters are usually vulnerable during early rounds, but i think their losses were too premature, as they had a pretty decent clay season, especially serena.

i don't really like serena to win this year's french open so her loss was ok, but i was rooting for venus to make a considerable run or possibly win the whole shebang. their opponents, katarina srebotnik and flavia penetta played really well. outmaneuevered the sisters, stayed in and won long rallies, forced errors... good job!

now that the williams sisters are out of the tournament, spotlight shifts to sharapova (who plays safina for a place in QF), kuznetsova and the serbian duo of jankovic and ivanovic.