The Lee Word Side

I have throughly been enjoying this year’s US Open. Some outstanding tennis has been played and all of my favorites are still in the tournament; Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer, and Andy Roddick. Also doing well are my favorite twins, the Bryan Brothers. However, I’m disappointed because CBS has yet to show any of their matches on TV. Doubles tennis has never held the same stature as singles tennis has, but most people who play tennis (non professionally), play doubles and it would be nice to see a few doubles matches on TV. Come on CBS!

Rafa Nadal is on fire. He has yet to loose a set. He just over-powers his opponents and he can run down a ball better than anyone I’ve ever seen. He fights for each point like it was match point. He’s been wearing this redish/orangish colored outfit this year and he looks HOT! Hands-down the best ass in tennis.

Roger Federer, now the number two ranked player in the world, still plays like he’s number one. Although Federer came into the Open seeded number two, he’s won the Men’s Singles Title at the US Open for the last four years and he can’t be ignored as an honest contender. Roger plays some of the most solid tennis in the game.

Andy Roddick is still fighting for each point, but he’s beginning to look like the Andy who won the US Open in 2003. He’s playing strong, and his serve is as fast as ever. He’s had a couple of rough matches so far, but he’s hung in there and he’s ready to go all the way. Go Andy!

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You can add Olympic Gold Medal to the list of trophies that Rafael Nadal has won. Nadal won the gold in the men’s singles with a 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3 victory over Fernando Gonzalez of Chile at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing. This win only supports the legitimacy of his rise to the number one ranked player in the world. Nadal will be replacing Roger Federer of Switzerland who held the number one position for an unprecedented 237 weeks.
Nadal’s win has given Spain her first ever Olympic Medal in Tennis.

Venus and Serena Williams took the Gold Medal in Women’s Doubles, adding one more to the Gold Medal they won in Sydney eight years ago. Their enthusiasm over their winning the Gold Medal was truly infectious.
Coming up next, beginning August 25th, the US Open begins in New York. I’m sure looking forward to seeing more top notch tennis (Go Andy). I only wish I could be there.

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Never intending to get hooked into watching the Beijing Summer Olympics I none the less succumbed to their promise of greatness and watched the Opening Ceremonies. If the games acquire any amount of the grandeur that the Opening Ceremonies gave us then this Olympics should be a tremendous success. Because there will be over 3,600 hours of televised coverage of the Olympics–NBC added two new cable channels that will be dedicated solely to the Olympics, I won’t be able to see it all, but I have set my TIVO to record all the Tennis matches, and the Marathon. That should be more than enough Olympics for me.

This is one of the many pictures that were taken during the Opening Ceremonies. I thought this picture was one of the exceptional ones. Don’t you agree? Who can tell me which country this beautiful man represents? Does anyone know?

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Regardless of what the relative temperature is outside, as long as model/DJ Micky Friedmann is in the house it’s going to be HOT!