Federer beats Djokovic! Perfect prediction...

Check out my prediction I made 2 days ago...Fed in 4 sets, with 2 tie-breaks:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110601151859AAyRcvV

I'm going to go with Federer for the win:

1) Federer was the last man to beat Djokovic
2) Djokovic has not played a match for 4 days because of the walkover, and might be over-confident and under-prepared
3) Federer has much less pressure to win than Djokovic, who needs this win to keep his streak alive and Fed has nothing to lose really.

I'm going to say Federer in 4 sets with 2 close tie-breaks...

Source(s):

www.JCtennis.com (from Rolland Garros)

• 2 days ago

My Last-Minute Journey to the US Open Final

JC at US Open Final
Originally uploaded by JCTennis.com

US Open Finals on a Monday

For the last few years, I had talked about possibly going to see Nadal...if he ever made it to the US Open Final. On Monday around 3 pm, I finish work early and went to DC National airport to see if I could get a standby flight to Laguardia.

 

Flying Standby at Delta

For $40 and 25K points, the ticket agent told me I could get one of the last Delta Shuttle connectors available (with a round trip flight later that night).

Let's do it! I thought - how often do you get to see a player achieve their career slam?

So I literally boarded the plane just minutes before it left the gate (they announce my name over the PA system as I sprint to the gate).  The whole time on the flight I am just imagining what it will be like to see Nadal in the final winning the career slam. I'm a bit nervous that Djokovic is one of the few players that have a strong hard-court record against Nadal plus an extra day's rest from the rain delay to recover could make it tough against him.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.
- Helen Keller

 

Arrival at LGA

DCA to LGA - Express: 45 mins

My plane lands around 4:30 and I jog out of the gates and take a $15 taxi ride to the stadium.

Of course, being a spur-of-the-moment decision, I had not gotten a ticket in advance. But when I got to the box office, I found out it had actually sold out! Walking back to the boardwalk, several individuals approached me as I saw they had cash in their hands.

Tickets! Get your Tickets here! Looking back - the safer way and easier way to get tickets I learned later was to buy it from TicketExchange online here. But unfortunately, I had left before I had a chance to get them online. Ok, I thought, a scalper...they definitely have an extra ticket. Unfortunatelyhttps://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/253665/264167/4272?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com/arthur-ashe-stadium-tickets-flushing/venue/237621, it was another fan asking me if I had an extra ticket.

I walked all the way back to the entrance bridge and saw at least 5-10 people asking the mob of fans just departing the 7 train if they had extra tickets for sale! I was in trouble... (read the rest of the story here)