I know I'll be seeing my super fave (yes super fave 'coz there are other simple faves) Rafa Nadal on US Open and maybe some other ATP Tour. So I am aware I need to just patiently wait because it was not mentioned that he will play in Bastad Sweden, Stuttgart Germany or Newport USA.
So yesterday when I just couldn't really bear the silence of it all, I decided to check out the SkiStar Swedish Open website and their twitter account. This tournament is part of the ATP Tour 250 Series. Matches here are played on outdoor clay and the courts are near the sea! What a view! Last year's champ was David Ferrer but he withdrew this year due to ankle injury.
As I checked their website...voila! One of my few faves and one of ATP's scorching Spaniard, Fernando Verdasco was kicking some ass on the semis! He competed with the cute (some people call him the Casanova of ATP) and of course famous bf of Maria Sharapova, Grigor Dimitrov. Fer won the semis 7-6, 5-7, 7-5.
But that's not just what made me so happy last night. I had fun tweeting and it's not even about Rafa hahaha Well, whoever is handling the Swedish Open twitter account last night sure is very nice. They have been responding to people's queries and retweeting some posts (like mine!).
After Verdasco's win in the semis, he tweeted a pic of this mouth watering bucket of chocolate croissants from Swedish Open.
Swedish Open also tweeted:
Ok,
you gotta love this tournament. Seriously! It's all Yum! Yum! To all
the people working for this tourney, you guys are... hmm how should I
describe you... 'comfort foods' in human form. Whether a player wins or
loses, you guys have these stuffs. Why, oh why did I ever stop
practicing tennis?!! Oh before I forget, thank you SkiStar Swedish Open
Twitter, had fun talking to you guys.
Meanwhile,
as I finish this blog post, Fernando Verdasco lost his chance of
winning another ATP title. He lost the finals against Carlos Berlocq on
straight sets 7-5, 6-1 (did Fer ate tons of croissants?! *shaking my
head*). This guy is really good but I think he doesn't have that push to
finish the match in his favor. During his Wimbledon game against Andy
Murray, not sure if I read this on Twitter or heard this from the
commentator, it was said that, Verdasco is good but he doesn't have that
belief or mental strength that he can win (something like that).
Congratulations
to Carlos Berlocq for winning his first ATP title. In the midst of the
heartache of people rooting for Fer, it is also nice to somehow
celebrate such victories like Berlocq's. Players winning their first
titles.
*Will now look for croissants and pizza as comfort food for my heartache on Fer's loss.
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