| Wes Moodie blogging from Rome |
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| Wednesday, 13 May 2009 22:43 |
 I arrived in Rome on Saturday night after losing earlier in the day to Nestor/Zimonjic in Barcelona. 5 break points and none taken and no break points against us....so is the world of tennis. They win the tournament and we take home 1/5 of the prize money and 1/3 of the points. So, the moral of the story? Cry yourself to sleep and do better next time!Rome was a bit of a grind all round. We had arguably the toughest first round match against Blake and Fish. After a very winnable first set, which we lost, we were rolled in the 2nd set. The previous day could have been my most boring for a long time. We were scheduled for the notorious centre court doubles match after the night singles match on centre court. It rained pretty much the whole day and we were told that the night schedule would remain despite other matches being cancelled. So….it was a day that revolved around a 30 min gym session followed by a quick lunch. Then it was back to my hotel room to watch SKY news almost exclusively cover the latest swine flu outbreak. Earlier in the day – to counter my boredom – I had stuck a world map up on my hotel wall and had begun to mark all the outbreaks of swine flu around the world and nobly tried to link up the swine flu cases with time lines and potential “hot spots.” Eventually our match was cancelled and I was released from my prison and able to go enjoy dinner. Ok, well that last part is not quite true. Rome is a week I’d like to forget, it involved one lost tennis match, an-over-rated 380 euro a night hotel which seemed to be set in the 1500’s which in that price included hard bed sheets, tasteless breakfasts, no AC and 27 euro a day internet, rain and an overload on info on the swine flu pandemic. I thought I would comment on the singles at Rome but I think at this tournament and for the rest of the clay court season I only have to write two words: Rafael Nadal. I hope to have a more interesting blog next time! |
