I was really pissed off with Astro, my local paid TV for not showing Rafael Nadal's historic win at the Monte Carlo Masters tournament yesterday because football is always their top priority.
It's totally absurb when they diligently covered the earlier rounds but when it comes to weekend's semifinals and finals they took away the live coverage just to pave ways for some unimportant football matches.
Enough of my rantings, I should be happy because Nadal managed to overcome Novak Djokovic, beating the third-ranked Serbian 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 for his fifth straight Monte Carlo Masters title after losing a set here for the first time since the 2006 final against Roger Federer.“Everyone can improve in every surface, no? No one is perfect. Sure, I can improve,” Nadal said.
“I always work to improve because when you feel you can’t improve, is difficult to wake up and go on court and practice.”
Nadal is now favored to also collect a fifth straight French Open title.He was unhappy with how he served, and plans to improve on it before heading to Roland Garros next month.In the men's doubles final, second seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic beat top seeds Bob and Mike Bryan 6-4, 6-1 in just 48 minutes.
Meanwhile, Roberta Vinci won her second WTA Tour title at the Barcelona Open on Sunday, beating beat defending champion Maria Kirilenko 6-0, 6-4.
In another WTA tourney, Sabine Lisicki beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-4 to win the Family Circle Cup and her first tour title on Sunday.
The 19-year-old Lisicki, who is ranked No. 63 and bounced Venus Williams earlier in the tournament, consistently had serves around 120 mph at the tournament on the green clay at the Family Circle Tennis Center in Charleston, S.C.
(Via AP; Images by Michael Steele/Getty Images Europe)
It's a shame that Roger Federer's wedding did not get as much coverage as Andy Roddick's.
According to people.com, the American tennis star finally tied the knot on Friday evening in Texas with fiancée Brooklyn Decker in a twilight ceremony at his Austin, Texas.At the ceremony, bridesmaids wore strapless, chocolate-colored gowns, and the setting was decorated with bright, tropical flowers.
The bride's gown was by Vera Wang.
The beautiful couple swapped vows before a group of family and close friends which included Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, James Blake, Mardy Fish, Justin Gimelstob and good pal Elton John, who also performed that evening.A dinner at the nearby Westwood Country Club followed the "I do's".Roddick and Decker, who started dating in 2007, announced their engagement in March 2008.
The pair first met after Roddick asked his agent to track down a number for Decker, who appeared in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition.
(Image by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images, ATP website)
Saw this piece of info through a link posted by Lynn of offthebaseline.com in facebook.
In the article, fashion reporter Marques Harper unveiled the wedding details which is scheduled to take place this weekend: Brooklyn will wear a Vera Wang dress. Vera Wang offered to make the dress. She is a good friend of Andy’s. They know each other because Vera and Andy have stayed in neighboring properties in Hawaii for some time. Andy usually stops in Hawaii every year on his way to play in the Australian Open.
Andy had offers from several designers including Austin-born Tom Ford for his wedding outfit. However, he is keeping the look a secret until the wedding day.
There will be 30 people, mostly family and a few friends, at the wedding.
The reception will be at Stubb’s from 6 or 7 p.m. until 2 a.m.
They have selected an unnamed band or DJ to provide music.
Andy doesn’t want to provide photos to the media. He did get offers from (probably) People and US Weekly and those types of mags. However, he said he wants to keep the event private even though the money paid for a photo could go to his charity. Andy just wants to have a special moment.
Andy and Brooklyn have really never been to a wedding or reception so they planned something very simple.
Elton John will play at the wedding, which will likely be outside.
There isn’t a backup plan if there’s bad weather on Saturday.
(Via austin360.com; Image by Bauer Griffin)
I was really pissed off with Astro, my local paid TV for not showing Rafael Nadal's historic win at the Monte Carlo Masters tournament yesterday because football is always their top priority. 
Enough of my rantings, I should be happy because Nadal managed to overcome Novak Djokovic, beating the third-ranked Serbian 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 for his fifth straight Monte Carlo Masters title after losing a set here for the first time since the 2006 final against Roger Federer.
