Even more tennis stories

Amazing. Boardwalk along the Yarra
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More stories you say... how could there be more..?  Well there is... To be honest... many more.  The only thing worse than reading the blog about this would be listening to me telling these stories over and over again.. which will happen..

The days have completely begun to blur together.  This is my best effort to separate them again.

Today we were only supposed to have a night match... the quarter finals.. We learned last night that some guy named Roger Federer happened to play in our match.  Amazing.  The second match is a lame women's doubles.. but it doesn't matter.  When you buy the tickets you have no idea who you will see.  You just hope for a good match.

Rod Laver
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Luckily for us.. Mrs Natasha Nestor had agreed to leave us ground passes at the will call booth.  This meant another full day of tennis watching.  In the early part of the tournament there are still really really good matches on the outside extra courts.  There are so many matches going on... that some stars spill outside.  We got to the courts early.. and... no tickets at will call... hmmm.  Maybe she forgot.  We did what anyone would do.. panicked... bought our own tickets ($20 each) and went inside.  We watched the Bryan brothers win again over Coetzee and Wassen.  Krystal ran outside to check if maybe the tickets were there now.  Of course they were... anyways.. we used the extra ones to get Mark in because he only had center court tickets which don't allow entry before 5.  We cheer Mark (Knowles.. the tennis players... stay focused) and Daniel to another win.. this time over Santoro and Zimonjic.  This pushed them into the semi finals against the Bryan Brothers.  Natasha said she would try and get us tickets... to his next game... which might be center court... we were so excited..  Nestor played mixed double mañana... so she would leave us tickets +1 for Mark... for us to cheer.  I don't think anyone has every cheered for mixed doubles.. but for free tickets.. we sure would.

Note:  We saw Andy "the bod" *Krystal Edit* Roddick practice today infront of aprrox 394839489384 fans.  He was like a caged animal.  Krystal took a picture for every fan in attendance.  You do the math.

So now.. we are exhausted.. but Federer awaits.  Only the best male tennis player of all time.. We grabbed food and headed into the impressive Rod Laver Arena.  Federer played a spanish dude named Tommy Robredo.  As was expected he beat him in straight sets to set up a Federer vs Roddick semi.. which ... could have Nestor as an undercard.  We left during the snorefest called women's doubles and tried to sleep.. with thoughts of tennis matches keeping us awake.