A Year Later

It was a year ago Labor Day weekend that I began writing my blog. I'd just come home from seeing hotties Robby Ginepri and Tommy Haas battle it out in five exhilarating sets in the third round of the U.S. Open and needed to share the experience with my family and friends. I didn't want to write the same e-mail ten times so I whipped together a cheesy-looking blog via Blogspot and sent 'em all the link, half-thinking I'd maybe never use it again.

1,350 posts later, it seems fitting that Ginepri and Haas would have a rematch on the (212)'s birthday. Unfortunately, this year I was watching it at work working instead of enjoying the match courtside. but as the photos illustrate, it was equally dramatic this time around. Tommy got his revenge, holding on even after Robby came back from two sets down to take it to a fifth set tiebreaker. I like them both, so I didn't really care who won, although we might not be seeing too much more of Ginepri when his ranking plummets out of the top 75 or so when last year's semifinal points fall off (we'll always have my blog's archives).

Anyway, thanks for reading. Now get ready for the sophomore jinx ...

Previously: Georgia Peach (Sept. 4, 2005)

By the way: Who's the hot "ball kid" on the right?

Need more of Tommy and Robby?
Sporting Wood: Tommy Haas
Sporting Wood: Robby Ginepri