Tennis Tournament Day-18

The Day 16 of the tourney saw the first contender in the final line up, for the singles encounter as the 'Mortal Combat' claimed a brutal victim. Here is the update.

Saurav vs Vijay:
There were very high expectations from this game as both Vijay and Saurav looked strong. But the 'NO MERCY' logo was still evident on Saurav's jersey as he took no time and effort to crush his opponent. I think Saurav has taken the our compliment pretty seriously, he does not want to be second, he wants to be 'The Achilles', the greatest and ruthless warrior to walk on this earth. For the match, Saurav outclassed Vijay in all departments of the game, be it service, be it returns, be it long rallies. Moreover Saurav was able to induce a lot of spin in his shots. It seemed as if, he was finger spinning the ball. Moreover his placements were very accurate, he made it very difficult for Vijay to even reach the ball, and if Vijay did so, the spin would play havoc with Vijay's return. In the entire match Vijay had only one game point and that too was taken by Saurav in deuce. But no discredit to Vijay, he had fought his way hard into the semis. Congratulations to Saurav for making it to the second final (doubles as well as singles) and we can hear the Greeks cheering, Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, Achilles,..................................

Final scoresheet: Saurav beat Vijay: 6-0,6-0

Today's Upcoming Action:
In 'Mortal Combat' for today, it is the clash of room mates, a platform to settle all the bathroom and kitchen squabbles, as Suchit-Pai clash against the Maratha duo of Parag-Deepan. The closest rivals of all time, these guys practise against each other almost every day and we haven't seen 2 teams so closely matched. Our prediction for the day is expect a gruelling 3-setter. Again for some news from the grape vine, we hear that both the teams have had their own one on one sessions to discuss strategies and more than that, there was an evilous silence in the house yesterday night, as some kind of strategies were being cooked .......... lagta hai poori daal hi kaali hai ......... :-) So be there guys to watch this entertaining 'Muqabla'.

Mr.Weather Man is a bit sad, as he has only a few days of job left, but still he predicts a nice weather for today with temp around the 80 deg and partly cloudy skies. It is going to sweltering as the relative humidity is to stay above 60% for most of the time and the sun sets at 8.17pm. And oh, the Weather Man has been courteous enough to give a traffic update as well. The entry to the tennis courts from Bloomfield Villas was closed in the morning, you might have to use Squirrel Road to reach the courts or else you might as well like to walk down, what say health freaks..................