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YOU LUCKY AIKFIAEGHIAG. D: Jealous!

Just got back from the Serena Wozniacki match. Didn't stay for the doubles. Oh, well. Wozniacki is amazing. And the crowd loved her to death.

I arrived at the Gasquet Simon match about 5-4 in the first set and left at 4-2 in the second. I couldn't take the heat. Not even for Gasquet. Holy crap it was terrible. And I really wanted to stay. I don't know why, but when we left the court I just about fainted. And my hearing went all whack. Was it the heat? Maybe I haven't been in such conditions in a while. Disappointed in myself, really. D:

And add me to the list for next year, please. xDD

[debbii]

Ahh.. TMF!!! <3

Yesterday night's match was intense.. LONGGGG.. Wozniacki should've taken it out.. haha
I stayed for a few games in the doubles but had to leave as I had work today.

loveprint, the heat was beyond unbearable yesterday.. apparently it's just as worse today?

OMG.. Tsonga AND Djokovic for the night session tonight! OHDAKFNAKF A!!

I'm so tempted to go again...

Am definitely saving up for next years AO though!

[dOotsiez]

I loved Wozniacki to death in that match too! She has a grand slam or more in her, that girl... she's one of the few players out there who can hang with Serena Williams, that's saying something.

Nina (hoping that is actually your name lol), sorry to hear you didn't sit through the whole Simon v Gasquet match, you sounded like you had a heat stroke. It was 39C in Melbourne yesterday too, and I was dying from the heat. Not to mention I look like Rudolf the red nose reindeer right now with all my sunburns. I tried to be sunsmart too

[debbii]

^She's most def a player to look out for!

More slip, slop and slap for you! And some TMF eye googling action too! =P

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Felt like it. D: But I've never had a heat stroke before so I wouldn't know. But it was awful.

OMG.. Tsonga AND Djokovic for the night session tonight! OHDAKFNAKF A!!

I knoooow. Cecilia is luckkky. I'm THINKING about going on Friday.. hmm.

[cecilia]

omg i just turned the tv on and they are playng roger's match!!!!!
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i didnt know they were playing kooyong matches with medibank ones
i should have turned the tv on earlier!

[loveprint]

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Haha yeah, they show Kooyong in the mornings up until 2 or 3pm. Or whenever Lleyton plays LOL.

Looks like it's Safina and Dementieva in the final. (:

[dOotsiez]

More slip, slop and slap for you! And some TMF eye googling action too! =P

Just got back from Kooyong, "slip slop slap" didn't work, I'm literally roasted now. It wasnt a hot day but the heat inside the stadium was just unbelievable, not even a breeze.

But there was definitely ALOT of "TMF eye googling action" going on for me today. We had the best seats - 2 rows from the front, and just a few rows in front of Mirka's box, I was tempted to turn around and take a picture of her, but thought that might be extreme, no one else seemed to recognise her.

After the match, we saw some people wearing RF caps leave straightaway without watching the handshake at the net or post-match interview, so we left and followed them - lucky we did, coz Federer came out straight at us from the player's exit, he was about a meter away from me, signing people's giant tennis balls, caps and tickets. I had one of those "Nice Shot!" fans they distributed in my hand so I stuck it out and he signed it! He was GORGEOUSSSSSS The screaming was unbelievable though, I felt like I was watching some Korean pop star. People went absolutely nuts for him.

How much do I love Kooyong?

Anyway, pictures!
This is the view from where we were sitting





This was when Fed came out after the match, just before he signed my fan

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SKJHFLAHGAJG!!! Dying with jealousy right now. Lucky lucky. And you even got a signature.

Really need to get myself to Melb next year. xD

[dOotsiez]

Yes do come! It's amazing how player-accessible Kooyong is. I should've gotten one of those giant tennis balls

[loveprint]

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I got one from yesterday. It's just sitting here, though. Maybe I can get it signed or something next year. xD

Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is in doubt for the Australian Open after withdrawing from his Medibank International Sydney quarter-final with a back injury.

Tsonga, who powered his way to the Melbourne Park final last year, was scheduled to play Finn Jarkko Nieminen on Thursday night.

The world No.6 had been bothered by his back during his opening match against Simone Bolleli, receiving treatment during the breaks.

Oh no! And he was so looking forward to the AO, too. Hope he can make it. Though his health is first.

Woo, another page.

And a little of Beijing cause it was so special. <3

[dOotsiez]

HOORAH new page!! and I'll post some more pictures from today too, hope this works

My autographed fan/round thingy, the autograph is upside down because that's the way I shoved it in front of Fed.




and Federer walking onto centre court


this was taken prematch, when Federer was talking to the MC and Verdasco.





and the ... tush, we had perfect view where we were sitting

[cecilia]

omg that is so close!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


anyway due to the rain, i only got half of the match between djoko and ancic
and i was already a bit disappointed that tsonga had pulled out
but ah well i was suspecting that might happen anyway

the match which i got wasnt that bad... but the serbian and croatian fans were just way out of control and i was sitting amongst them all... really bad sportsmanship... how many times did the chair umpire have to tell them to behave!!!! and the security guards were trying to shut them up too
but all in all it still wasnt that bad coz i was much closer than i expected
it would have been nice if i had at least gotten a full match tho

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Aw, that really sucks.

From that last photo, I can tell you that you got some amazing pictures. xD Woo!

I got a couple of good ones of Gasquet and Serena, though I took it with my friend's camera so I can't post them, yet. I'll try and get them off her soon. I wanted Gasquet's autograph. T_T I probably could've gotten it if I stayed till the end. Sigh.

Oh, and when we were waiting outside centre court yesterday Alicia Molik walked past and no one recognised her lol. People only realised who she was when a couple of young boys ran after her asking her for her autograph. xD She literally stopped two feet away from where I was standing. I was contemplating whether to get her autograph or not. I didn't.

[dOotsiez]

^ I was so sad to hear that Tsonga pulled out It's only January and the guy's injured again. That's just too tough.

The Croatians and Serbians are notorious for being loud and rude. There were quite a bit of troubles at the Australian Open last year, I'm pretty sure capsicon spray was involved.

And yes, I sorted through my photos, and I took a whole gig worth of them.

[cecilia]

well i hope tsonga is going to play in the AO

well i was expecting the serbs to be loud but i think the 2 groups just aggravated each other
and they were really rude when they were interviewing tsonga on court as well... couldnt hear what he said really

anyhow, just checked the site, play has resumed!!!!!! 2nd set is 4-3... hmmm perhaps i should have stayed longer... thought they wouldnt resume play tonight since it was raining quite heavily when i left...didnt get my money's worth damn !lol

[debbii]

^ We had sucky weather for tennis last night, how unfortunate. I hope Tsonga's well enough for AO, I'd really like to see how far he can go this time around.

You got excellent seats dOotsiez!! Lots of TMF perving !!

I finally got pics up from Wozniacki and Williams match. Having no internet at home is .




dOotsiez: are you going to Kooyong again today?

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No, I think she only got tickets for Wed and Thurs, if I'm not mistaken.

Haha, I'm totally looking for myself in your photos. I was in gate E Section 209. You got some good ones. I took a picture of giant Federer, too. xD

Nalbandian v Gasquet today. I'll be at work, but hopefully I can take a peek now and then.

[dOotsiez]

You did have fantastic photos debbii, Sydney looks fun too. Me wanna go....

And yup, Im not going to Kooyong anymore, frankly I'm too broke and too sunburnt. I have tan lines in all sorts of weird places now
I've seen all I needed to see anyway. WOOOOHOOOOO RAWJAAAH!

If I sound like a completely moronic fangirl, it's because I am, but Fed has perfect skin and hair.......


Just sorting through all the photos, we got pretty close to Verdasco too but it didn't even occur to me to stick my fan out for an autograph, though he was signing right in front of me for about a minute.

[debbii]

loveprint: Gate E Section 209? I was in Gate D Section 209!
Hahhaha, but then I moved.. and got closer. My mum said she saw me on tele.. hahaha xD.

Gasquet and Nalbandians match starts at 1PM, so I can only keep tabs on the match via live scoring during work. Eh.. go Gasquet!

dOotsiez: Awesome photos! You got so close.. I'm green with envy.. haha Only a few more sleeps til AO starts. Can't wait! It will be a restless fortnight at work when AO starts.. late nights, early starts.. aiyah!