Of tennis geographies..

Aus.Open was almost awesom.
Juz what the doc ordered.

What makes it almost awesome and not totally awesome was that Agassi didn't win. Lets get the sad part out first( he is good for a couple more, provided Federer abstains. He has one more shot at the red clay of France- else goodbye to my hopes of another Andre Slam - (I'll) dunk it.)

Federer cant have this much success - needed to be grounded;

My boy Roddick deserved to lose on 2 counts - one becoz he played very badly that day and 2nd the permanent reason of he being an American.

And Hewit too didnt win and very happy abt it.
One becos he beat Roddick n the second becoz he is an Aussie. You can even digest an American winner, not an Aussie winner. There have been way too many of them in all sports. Anyway, he cant win the Aus open. That cannot be digested. Aussies in other sports seldom never loose anyplace, but never at home. Glad to know of this.

That leaves us with Safin, a guy very mercurial in temperment & a helluva game.
His semi duel with Roger was almost epic. Reminded me of the tussle between andre and Goran in the w'don finals before the era of Sampras domination.
That he is a Russian (my erstwhile MFN) helps.
That he is neither an American, Aussie or for that matter a condescending Western
European is a great relief.

On balance, it looks more to do with geography than Tennis.
But, overall, at the moment, there is Federer and then there are others.

And honestly, tennis is one of the few sports you watch for an individual's ability. Unless you watch, relish and do posts on TT, Badminton...