Picks ,Myths and Hopes - The Australian Open 2009

Phew ... Finally its on again . . . The First Grand Slam of the Year is on , and even though we are through the first round in both the Men's and Ladies section , its time to call for the favourites.

On the Men's side its got to be ,the Emperor himself "Roger Federer".
He seems to have been fallen on bad days .
But it will take much more than that reason to erode your confidence on one of your idols.


Seriously , this man is an awesome athlete and he is helpful in more than one way apart from cheering you up and leaving you bedazzled with his game.
For instance , if you find yourself in a dicey situation on having to flatter someone to the core or heap praises on any earthling (if they deserve it or not is another matter), all you have to do is to find an article on this man written by any damn journalist and use the adjectives and phrases appropriately to suit your situation.

Call it stupidity or stupidity, but i can pretty much identify the crest and troughs he rides through during an year.
And after a rough few months and a pretty sleepy New Year so far , I'm looking up to him to provide me the spark to get going for this year.

I know its pretty dumb on my part to be 24 and looking beyond one's own effort to lift oneself up and instead hoping on some thing like this . It might not make much sense , and there might be little logic in it .But we all need to cling on to something , in what ever form it may be , to lift up our spirits in sleepy times.

And what better scene could it be to see FedEx come up triumphant claiming his 5 Th Australian open , creating history by tieing Pistol Pete, another revered player and claiming a world record equalling 14 th Grand Slam.

But there is the perennial thorn Nadal, and Djoker whom, i now love to hate for... oh No , no folks , not because he mocked Sharapova :) but for his pure arrogance on and off the court, and the new and improved Brit hope Andy Murray.

The Ladies section seems a much more open field with the ever unpredictable William Sisters , and a few more tough players like Jankovic and Mauresmo , and not mention Kuznetsova , a constant semi finalist at most of the majors.


But my pick this year would be the hot Serb "Anna Ivanovic", though she is not in the form of her life .
Anna Ivanoic's good looks is as much a contribution as her strong ground strokes for being my pick at Australian open 2009 . After all who wouldn't want a pretty young face smiling face on the news papers , kissing the trophy in the hand :) .
That would certainly brighten up that day ..

As for the Indian challenge Down under , i hope either Hesh or Paes take the crown in doubles, and even tough Sania sailed thru to the next round i hope she gets beaten pretty sure. I dont know why she gives me the impression of a model/movie star than a sports star .Probably she thiinks herself to be the same way too .

I sincerely hope she gets offered a huge sum to do a movie and it turns out to be a great hit and she takes up a career in the movies . That way atleast Indian Tennis , particularly Women's tennis will be saved of the mockery , which she is subjecting it to .

Honestly, the people and Women of India deserve a better Sporting Role Model .

So there it is , its Fedex and Anna for this years Australian open . Let's see how far they go .