See, I think Federer is an awesome tennis player, possibly the best there has ever been, however, I also find his newer matches boring. He was amazing when he went up against Sampras and Agassi; that raw intensity is something that I just don’t get to see much from him anymore, and that makes me sad. Because ANGRY, INTENSE Federer was awesome. OK, fine, his matches with Nadal are a thing of beauty.
And since I mentioned Sampras I just want to talk about how he and Agassi’s decade-long-rivalry made me fall in love with tennis. Their matches were phenomenon, and the two of them only decided to participate in the Davis Cup when both were guaranteed a position. They switched the position of no.1 several times within a year, and they always pulled the best performance from each other. This is like the stuff of EPIC. So very awesome.
In short; you are only as good as your competition. And neither Federer nor Marat was good competitors in this match.
Nadal vs Federer for the Finals. YES! They better attempt to kill each other in the match.
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I loved their match! They were both hitting absolutely ridiculous shots!
We all know that Safin is supremely talented. Unfortunately, he's so damned inconsistent that it just.. sputters and dies when he faces the best. There's also a case to be made for how the older pros who've been around longer and had more opportunities to have their ass kicked by Federer are more intimidated and mentally blocked when playing him these days. Because, yes, what a waste to have beaten Novak and then failed like that.
SD was also my first yaoi/slash fandom. *g* Ah, good times. And Deep Purple, the SenRu dj by Prin, is gorgeous. Well, you've summed up the essence of sports manga better than I could ever put it, so what else is there for me to say? Heh.
HnG is.. On a more frivolous note, I was talking to a friend about it and she, who's never been in fandom, noted the homoerotic tension between Hikaru and Akira. Glad to know that it's not our slasher tendencies that're biasing our judgement! But, really, I love the boys; go is their life. And each other, of course. How can anyone not adore and respect and fangirl over people like that?
(I've been hearing things about it, I seem to recall. Thanks for the rec!)