I woke up at 8:00 in the morning yesterday to watch the men's Wimbledon finals between Federer and Nadal. (It was early but compared to waking up at 4:00 AM for the Australian Open finals between Safin and Hewitt, it was nothing.) Gotta say that I was conflicted as to who to cheer for throughout the entire match. In theory, Federer should've had an easy win since grass is his best surface and Nadal's worst, but I kinda wanted to cheer on Nadal just so he could've won the French Open and Wimbledon back-to-back. Then again, I also kinda wanted to see Federer win his fourth straight Wimbledon championship without dropping a set. 'Twas an interesting match.

Also, I think I'm becoming somewhat of a Nadal fan. Not many people could keep Federer on his toes on grass, at Wimbledon. After losing the first set 0-6, he started the second set by breaking Federer's serve, something I had yet seen in the tournament. He then pushed Federer to two tie-breaks and actually took a set from him. He thus joined Roddick and Hewitt as one of the only people who have every won a set against Federer at Wimbledon. All of this on his supposedly worst surface against the world #1 on his best surface? Just weeks after winning in the French Open and no breaks in between? That kid's amazing. (And I can say kid 'cause Nadal's younger than me. >.<;) And he's a classy, respectable guy, too. He relinquished the spotlight after his match against Agassi, even though it was Nadal's win.

I didn't actually watch the World Cup 'cause a) my grandpa told me to go study and b) I don't like, or understand, soccer. But I heard that France lost in the shootout by one goal and the ball that lost them the game was shot over the net. And either the goalies for both team sucked, or the shooters for both team were too good, 'cause not a single goal was saved from the shootout. Later, my dad told me about a goal that France almost made in the first half but it was just a bit too high so it bouced out after hitting the rim instead of bouncing in. Something like that. I have no love for either team, though I've seen replays of France winning the World Cup over and over and OVER again in China before, so whatever. Congrats, Italy. And I hope France doesn't kill that one player that missed the goal.

And that's Anita's sports update. Next up, US Open so stay tuned!