The Party's Over

Juan Martin Del Potro will be heading for JFK soon, his 24 match winning streak ended today by Andy Murray. It was a hard fought four setter but Murray is into the semi-final of a Grand Slam for the first time.

There is a little side plot that made this match interesting. Earlier in the year in Rome, a Del Potro hit a volley that Murray said was hit straight at his head. They exchanged words on the changeover, and Murray claimed that Del Potro leveled and insult at Murray’s mother, Judy. You can watch this exchange on YouTube if you’re interested.

However, they did seem to have nice words at the net when they came up to shake hands, so apparently the incident has been forgotten.


Just saw Boris Becker in the media dining room. Wow, he is still hot! Not my type at all, and not really handsome in the popular sense, but he has an air, something unique, the way he dresses, carries himself, screams, “I’m someone special”. He’s striking with that white blond hair, perfectly cut, and intense blue eyes. I’m around gorgeous men all the time, but I confess, I had to stop myself from staring at him. Sorry I can’t post a photo for you, but I didn’t think it would be cool to pull out a camera and start snapping.


Okay what else should we talk about today? Walking down Madison Ave. this morning, I was suddenly stopped cold, a big smile spreading across my face, when I saw the window of the Eden Fine Art Gallery. Crazy fanciful sculptures filled the white space. I had to go in. I LOVE this heart shaped butterfly sculpture! And oh my word … what about the giant lips made of large M&M’s... great. And how about these crazy colorful birds? I could for sure spend a lot of $$ in there. Any one of these in your house would definitely bring smiles even on your worst day.


And speaking of your worst day, this may not be the worst, but it is definitely going to be a long one. It’s 9:30 PM and the Williams sisters have not even finished their first set. Rafa and Fish are scheduled to play next so I’m thinking we are probably looking at a 10:30 to 11 PM start for what could be a five setter. Normally if I’m out until the wee hours of the morning, I like to be wearing a cute dress and have a cocktail in my hand, but that won’t be the case tonight.

Serena finally won her match against Venus 7-6, 7-6, thank heaven it was two sets. Venus was up in the second set and at one point had three match points. We were all sure they would split, but Serena rallied, and won the breaker. Some of the press thinks it was a setup with Serena slated to win because Venus won Wimbledon, but I don’t think so, and even if it was, the fans don’t know that and the girls put on a great show.

How right was I about it being a late night? It’s 12:30 AM and Rafa and Mardy are just in the second set. Fish won the first, but Rafa is up 3 love in the second. This is going to go on all night. I’m going to stay until the end of this set then head for the hotel.