Kaahee Vattel Te Stats

http://www.atptennis.com/1/en/newsandscores/news/news2.asp

Take a look at this.
1. Marcos Baghdatis becomes the first Cypriot to win an ATP title. OKAY.
2. Baghdatis added 34 INDESIT ATP Race points to his season's total to edge past American James Blake at No. 8 in the Race. OKAY
3. Baghdatis, who this year reached the Australian Open final and the Wimbledon semifinals, had not won an ATP event before today. OKAY
4. He finished last year at No. 73 in the INDESIT ATP Race with a modest 11-12 match record on the year. But Baghdatis boasts a 36-17 record in 2006. OKAY

But now take a look at this:
Of the 133 players who have ranked in the Top 10 (since 1973), Baghdatis is one of only three players to break into the Top 10 before winning his first career ATP title. The others are Cedric Pioline, ranked in Top 10 in Oct. 1993 before winning his first title in Mar. 1996; and Mikael Pernfors, who broke the Top 10 in Sept. 1986 before winning his first title in Sept. 1988.

I mean COME ON ! The stuff these stats junkies will come up with !!!

Pal - An Instant

Instants in time are so important in determining the course of the future. Instants can define ages to follow or several years of time might often boil down to one instant.

How often is it that you realise that only if at that instant you had done something differently how different things could have been for the next few weeks, months, years ? How often do you feel that all those years of hard work will bear fruit or be wasted depending upon what happens in the next upcoming instant ?

Unfortunately once instants are past it is very difficult to alter the outcome it has set into motion. It is very difficult to undo. The only way out is to wait for the next instant and hope it happens right then.

Absolutely NOTHING Justifies Violation Of Freedom

Here, Amit Varma gives his opinions on the incident in which a Mumbai blogger was "assaulted, abused and kicked out" of a cinema hall in Mumbai because he did not stand during the playing of the national anthem.

I must say like most times I agree. Whether or not to stand up while the national anthem is played is a matter of personal choice and while I would ALWAYS stand I have NO right to FORCE others to do the same. Convince, yes, force, NO.

If someone refuses to stand it is up to you to form your opinions of that person. Personally that would concern me just a bit, even offend me, but since that in no way violates any of my freedoms I have no right to use force whatsoever.

In this regard the comparison he makes to the Indian lawyer being evicted out of a first class compartment in South Africa is extremely pertinent.

Miss

So Monday I missed the 8.45 bus and missed class. And I didn't really regret it. But today I woke up a good 2 hours earlier and still missed the 8.45 bus because I lazed around and didn't regret it either. And then now I missed the 9.15 bus and I don't regret that either.Really what has led to this apathy ?

AGASSI AGASSI AGASSI

There is no topic creating more buzz in the news at the moment than that man Andre Agassi. At age 37 he has beaten a guy 16 years his junior who was probably born by the time Agassi played his first US Open - 21 years ago. And how !

The Official US Open website described the match as an instant classic, John McEnroe hailed it as one of the greatest matches ever and virtually everyone agreed it was worthy of a Grand Slam final.

For believe you me, Baghdatis was a worthy opponent. The quality of tennis throughout this fascinating game full of twists and turns was quite supreme.

Agassi just never fails to deliver. I would have said he never ceases to surprise but really it is not a surprise anymore. Yes, Baghdatis was the #8 player in the World, the finalist in Melbourne and semi-finalist at Wimbledon this year. But put him in front of a New York crowd at night and Agassi discovers an extra wing to his game - that quite simply miraculously lifts him several planes higher. How else can you explain this amazing display of tennis after what has been a perfectly mediocre year for him hampered by injuries ?

How else can you explain his dramatic run to the finals last year after again an average season and at one point giving King Federer something to think hard about in the finals ??

Fingers crossed and I would not like to look too far ahead .... but I can't resist myself counting the number of games .... Benjamin Becker next round, then possibly Roddick, Hewitt, Nadal and the Swiss King again in the finals ??

Well what's the harm in dreaming ?? Then again, is it really an impossible dream ??

GO ANDRE !!!!

Hurt

Sometimes you actually look forward to help people. And then they kind of reject that help telling you that in effect you are not needed. Somtimes that can hurt. Even though you have not actually gone out of your way to help that person. Or you might not even be looking forward to doing that particular task. Hell, you might not even care for that person so much. But when you are effectively told you are not wanted it can and does hurt.