Before
I start my count-down I want to explain my thought process... I care about the
face more than I do the bod so if a guy has beautiful eyes and smile IMO, then he's high
on my list even if he's doesn't have the fittest bod of them all :)
Now let's begin...
10. Jurgen Melzer because I find his face to be very
handsome (his body not so fit but it's ok) :)
9. David Ferrer a.k.aFerru cause he's a cutie and he's fit too (who knew, right?) :)
8. Rafael Nadal (yes, he's only at no. 8, sorry girls...) because I have to admit that even though I dislike him he's kinda of hot and he models underwear and has millions female fans for a reason...
7. Tommy Hass cause his face are WOW and his bod not too shabby either *wink* :)
6. Juan Monaco a.k.a Pico because of his boyish good looks, super-fit bod and that Latin charm... :)
5. Janko Tipsarevic a.k.a Tipsy because of his devilish handsomeface, super fit bod and Serbian sex-appeal :)
4. Fernando Verdasco a.k.a Nando because I like his bad boy look and the angry sexy looks he gives... hot! :)
3.Feliciano Lopeza.k.aDelicianobecause of the eyes, the sculptured face & bod, and the fact that Mama Murray drools over him... Anyone hot enough for Judy is hot enough for me! :))
2. My runner up pick is the lovely Tomas Berdych...Why you ask? The heart-melting boyish-smile, those gorgeous blue eyes you can drown in and the fit bod...Need more? I didn't think so :))
1. The and only Novak Djokovic a.k.a Nole (did you really think, even for a split second, that I could choose anyone else? *wink*), no need to explain why but I'll humor you... He's one tall, dark and SMOCKING HOOOOOOT peace of man candy...Yummi Yummi!!! :))) ❤❤❤
OK, I'll stop here...Too many beautiful photos but not anough time and anyway, you saw them all already, right? LOL
P.S. Marat Safin would have been my no. 2 pick if he was still playing, I miss him...Talented and sizzling hoooot!
About my promise to edit my video...I'm afraid I have problems with it but hopefully soon I can fix it and show you the new and improved (another win) version :) Anway, enjoy watching/re-watching the match! :)
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Today I just want to say I'm so happy Nole beat Federer yesterday and I'm still on cloud 9.
I also need to add this match to my "Wins Over Federer" video and I'm going to do it right now. I'll show it you when I'm done :) I also try and look for the full match on YouTube cause last night I couldn't watch most of it due to bad livestreams. I'll post it too if and when I find it. In the mean time here are the highlights and some photos :)
Today I'd like to share with you a really great post a guy named "Mr Rick" posted on Steve Tognor's blog on 05/13 about the nightmare week in Madrid that ended on Sunday (finally! Tought it will last forever, haha): The Madrid tournament "blue" it (I would
rate it as an "acceptable" pun...)
Firstly, it was both the city of Madrid
and tournament organizers who "blue" it, which they FINALLY
acknowledged today. The Magic Box is proving to be a rather
ill-conceived idea all the way around, a somewhat overblown attempt by
Spain to win the Olympic Games, as well as try to turn the Madrid
Masters into a 5th grand slam event. To make things worse, they brought
in an egomaniacal Hungarian to develop the tournament who doesn't give a
rat’s @## about Spanish players or Spanish tennis traditions.
I
would like to see what would happen if Ion Tiriac went over to Toronto
and tried to start turning the hockey ice and the pucks different colors
and textures so that the fans could "see" things a little better.
Messing with ice hockey in Canada? I don't think things would turn out
well for the Blue Lord. He would be lucky to get out of Canada alive. I
am sure Spain rues the day it ever let Tiriac in the country, let alone
take over their most prized tennis arena.
Sport would be nothing
without tradition. It's a simple fact that the Evil Blue Lord and the
other Madrid organizers fail to grasp. They would have been far more
successful with the fans and the players in Madrid if they had built a
facility and created a tournament that embraced the incredibly rich
Spanish and European tennis traditions and history, rather than make it
all about some billionaire's fantasy.
The other (probably more
important)issue simmering under the Madrid Boycott is about the ATP and
how the blue clay got to Madrid in the first place. It is pretty much
the last straw in the ATP's habitual disregard of tennis players
concerns. The ATP was originally supposed to represent the players, but
it now has just become the servant of the TV stations, the promoters,
and other interests who just want to make money from tennis.
This
leaves the players without a dignified platform where their concerns
can be seriously and fairly addressed. There is a growing frustration
and realization among the players that they indeed have no control over
the conditions under which they play.
The only choice the players
have is to resort to the humiliation of begging the ATP for change.
When they are summarily rejected, the players are then left with only
two other humiliating options - complaining to the press and/or
boycotting important tournaments where they want to play.
The
players are then labeled as whiners and wusses and unprofessional.
Even
though, in the case of Madrid, Rafa and other players raised the issue
of the blue clay WELL in advance of the tournament, the tournament
organizers and the ATP failed to provide a safe playing surface anyway,
and then lied to the players that the court surface would be okay.
The
main concern of labor unions is safety and working conditions. If left
to their own devices, working conditions are usually an owner's last
concern. So it should be no surprise that the concerns of tennis players
are the same and it should be no surprise that frustration is arising
with the ATP over these same issues. In other team sports when a player
gets injured, they can be replaced by another player. Obviously in
tennis, that is not the case, which is why Rafa and Nole were so
concerned about playing conditions and getting injured in Madrid.
Anyway,
you could tell exactly how bad things were when Tiriac started a fight
this week over which courts were LESS dangerous, Monte Carlo or Madrid.
New Madrid motto: You will break your legs less often here!
There
also seems to be the attitude, expressed on these boards and by the ATP
and owners, that the players are mere employees - or worse mercenaries
for hire - the ATP writes the pay checks and therefore the players
should not complain to their masters. More humiliation and frustration -
because it is the PLAYERS who are everyone's meal ticket.
The
players undoubtedly sense that there will be more Ion Tiriacs in their
future over whom they will again have no say. They rightly fear the
direction their sport may take at the hands of these egomaniacs - a
grand slam every month, "turbo tennis" played on flaming roller skates,
being pushed more and more into humiliating and/or new, untested and
unsafe playing conditions. These are probably exaggurations to some
extent, but really, the weird possibilities are endless... When the
tradition is taken out of a sport, often no one takes it seriously
anymore. In fact, I would say the most important thing tennis has going
for it IS tradition. If you want to have turbo tennis, make it a
separate sport. But innovation just for innovation's sake is pretty
worthless.
Until the ATP provides a more equitable platform for
the players to address their concerns, the players will continue to feel
humiliated and frustrated. There will be more disputes and more
boycotts. And everyone will lose.
Today Nole beat Gimeno Traver 6-2 2-6 6-3, here's the match stats for you:
Now let's go back to the beginning, shall we? The start of the match was routine for Nole; He needed to save two BP at 1-1 15-40 n the first set but that was pretty much the only mini-crises in it which he passes with flying colors. This didn't stop me from worrying every time he lost the first point on is serve and I kept thinking to myself "Are you really going to get broken by this guy???" (I thought that at 1-1 0-15 and thank God it didn't happen).
The Second set and the first half of the third were, for me, an absolute
NIGHTMERE!!! Instead of trying to rehash everything I went throw, read my comments on
Nole's official forum and see for yourself how crazy I am, or more precisely, how crazy
No1e makes me, lol:
20:44:
Oh no, Nole got broken I know I shouldn't panic just yet but I'm
not happy...
6-2 1-2
20:51:
OMG, what's going on with Nole??? 4-1 to the Spanish, double break!
20:54:
Maybe I jinxed him...I wrote on twitter "of course he will win"
I delted it after 1-1in the 1st set but
maybe it still counts.
20:57:
He seems really sad still and lacks passion, motivation and joy of competing...
21: 04 (end of the 2nd set):
I'm so sad right now
21: 05 (after checking the set stats):
3 winners and 13 UFW??? That's BAD!
21: 07:
I was sure it will be an easy straight set win and now I don't see how he can win, but let's wait and see...maybe he can find something?
21: 08:
Stupid blue clay!!!
21:13:
How is this guy (Gimeno Traver) serving so well??? Wierd surface!
21:14:
I hate the crowd! Shut up!
21:16
I'm LOSING IT...
21:21:
I think something is really wrong here but I can't put my finger on
it...
21:22:
Nole can't lose to this guy...the haters will have a field-day!
21:23:
Not with Nole, just to make clear, only with the haters.
21:24:
NO NO NO NO NO NO
20:26 (after Nole got to 3-2 in the 3rd set, winning two points from 30-30 to get a crucial hold imo):
No emotion from Nole, no smile, no pist pump...nothing!
And then the nightmere ended with Nole finally breaking to get to 4-2...
21:33:
THE ROAR!!! Finaly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crying with happines!
EDIT - Not really crying, but had
tears of joy and relief!
21:36:
And a fist pump for desert, I'm getting happier now...but still
worried...
21:38:
5-2 Nole! More fist pumps and I can finally smile!
21:41:
Maybe I shouldn't smile yet, need to wait...
And then it was finally over...
21:49:
So relieved Nole won but already worried about
tomorrow...
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