Chaky

Feist - 1, 2, 3, 4

Radiohead - Paperbag Writer

L-R: Yasmin Le Bon, Cecilia Chancellor, Lily Cole, Elizabeth Jagger, Marie Helvin, Erin O'Connor, Jacquetta Wheeler

I had tickets for the WTA tournament in Birmingham today. I took a day off work so I could drive down. The Centre Court schedule was fantastic: Sharapova, Jankovic, Hantuchova and others. But we've had horrendous weather the last couple of days. I checked the reports this morning and they all said torrential rain. So I thought about it and in the end decided not to bother going. And I was right: it was a total washout. I'm pretty disappointed. If Daniela wins this next match she goes back into the Top 10 for the first time in years. It would have been cool to see it. I can console myself with the fact that I have a Wimbledon ticket. I'd better start making offerings to the sun god...

Battles - Rainbow

Calexico - Crystal Frontier

The bit with Jeisa in was posted slightly larger here. And there was another image here. Hopefully there will be lots more when the collection is unveiled in July.

Ah, wasn't she cute.

Have fun in Serbia! We'll all look forward to your return.

I heard today that Ana is entered into Wimbledon doubles with Daniela Hantuchova! Perhaps she changed her mind. I hope it does happen. They would make a hot team! Bit of a snub for Lil Masha though.

Justine Henin of course. 3rd Roland Garros title in a row!

Roger! That first set! 10 break points and not a single one taken. Rafa had two break points and took them both! I mean Nadal played well on some of them but most were Roger's errors or he wasn't aggressive enough. And Roger's first serve percentage was something like 30%. Check the stats for the match: Break points won: Federer - 1 of 17 Nadal - 4 of 10 Winners/Unforced errors: Federer - 18/60 Nadal - 13/28 I can't believe Roger made so many errors today. And it was not all because of Nadal making him go for his shots. If Roger wants to win this title he's got to play against Rafa like he does for the rest of the tournament. Thank god it's the grass season now.

Thanks Matt!

http://www.dailymotion.com/sportvideos/video/3726083 :dance:

Having seen a few of their matches in the last couple of weeks, sadly, I agree with you. I hope Fed can prove me wrong.

Justine won! An amazing achievement. She has won 35 consecutive sets at RG and this is her 3rd title in a row. She has played wonderful clay court tennis over the past couple of weeks and executed her game plan perfectly today. Ana! She started so well but I think the realisation of where she was just hit her at 1-0 40-0. I thought this might happen, it's pretty typical for someone in their first Slam final. She got nervous. I hope she learns from it because I think she can get there again. I've been predicting big things for her since I saw her play in the Wimbledon Juniors final a few years ago. She displays such good sportsmanship too which can't always be said for some of her peers. A lot of people are comparing Ana to Kim Clijsters. Some people criticised Kim because they believed her good-nature and sporting behaviour got in the way of a killer winning instinct. Could Ana go the same way? Is it possible to be too nice in sports?

Yeah, I hope the women's final is really good. The semis were such a letdown.

New Young Pony Club - Hiding On The Staircase

Ana will be #6 if she loses and #4 if she wins. Jelena will be #3.

Novak lost! Even though I've been looking forward to a Rafa v Roger final I was kinda rooting for Novak today. The first two sets of this match were brilliant, probably some of the best tennis I've seen in this tournament. And I like that Novak's personality comes through on court. But Nadal is just brutal! I was getting tired just watching them - the amount of energy they expend is incredible. It's a shame Novak couldn't keep up his level into the third set. I think he was gone by then. Roger is in for a very tough time as Rafa is looking unstoppable right now.

Well I'm not going to defend her because it's not nice to meet someone in that sort of mood. But I know I behave the same way sometimes when I'm tired or stressed. I like that Jeisa has a dark side! :evil: Julia, please tell us some more of what you were doing at the show and who else you saw.

i-D July 2007 Scanned by glósóli at tfs

Roger's into the final! It was almost Roger The Escape Artist today. Davydenko was playing as well as Federer, possibly better, for large portions of that match. But when it came to the really important points Nikolay didn't have that extra edge. He must be kicking himself for not winning at least one set. But this was good for helping Roger peak for the final. He is apparently the first player to make 8 consecutive Slam finals.

Here's a rather crappy video, probably shot on a cellphone, of Jeisa opening the Animale show. She's followed down the runway by Izabel and Flavia I think but you can't really tell...

Justine won 6-2 6-2 but she only played as well as she needed to. Jelena was very disappointing considering how she has been playing in the tournament plus all the hype. Actually Ana Ivanovic has played the best tennis today. It remains to be seen whether she can bring that to the final or if nerves will get to her. Ana has in the past collapsed under high pressure moments while Justine knows what it takes to win here. Hopefully it will be a better match than we saw today.