French Open

After dropping my parents off at Ebsfleet ahead of their 10 day railing holiday around Europe, I've had something of a quiet day. It's had quite a few hallmarks of depression type behaviour (overeating, napping, watching too much TV) but a full on mental breakdown is yet to materialise, so that's good. I'm about halfway through the first season of Community. It's well plotted and cleverly written, but lacks the innate humour of something like Arrested Development (which also possesses a stronger ensemble cast).

Earlier on, I caught some tennis for the first time in a while as I flicked through matches at the French Open. Novak Djokovic became only the second player to ever beat Rafael Nadal at the tournament with a straight sets victory. Djokovic displayed the sort of form that's seen him rise to No1 in the world and Nadal was simply unable to get near him despite a spirited fightback from 4-0 down in the first set. Still, beating the best player on clay in the history of tennis suggests Djokovic is on course to win his first French Open title on Sunday, completing a career Grand Slam in the process.

Elsewhere, Andy Murray beat David Ferrer in four sets with a solid if unspectacular performance. He still seems to be having issues with his first serve percentage. Murray has become more adept at digging himself out of the holes he plays himself into, but it's difficult to see him bothering Djokovic in their semi final on Friday. In their Australian Open final in January, Murray struggled to cope with the Serbian mentally as much as anything in a particularly poor final set. That will be a big hurdle for him to negotiate, but I look forward to watching it anyway.


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