Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Did Gonzalez the choke of century? No, definitely not. He played OK...


but Murray played better!

That’s an imaginary dialog between 2 guyz chitchatting about what the night had watching the third round match between Fernando Gonzalez aka “Gonzo” and Andy Murray aka “The Kid”. Their names are Spud and Bud.
Spud: “Gonzo was on fire in the 2nd and 3rd sets but he stuck it out and played a disappointing 5th set”.
Bud: “IMO Murray played fantastic in the 3sets he won. He played to the backhand as Gilbert advised him to do”.
Spud: “If Gonzo didn’t throw away that 1st set the history would have been different. Believe me.”
Bud: “I don’t think so, just 25 UE for the kid, very focused throughout the match”.
Spud: “Be real, man! Gonzo was out mind in last set, to not talk about his last serve game. Did you see the mess he made of the racquet? Marat Safin wouldn’t be able to do it”.
Bud: “Bullshit! The Kid played fantastic. Many people don’t acknowledge it ‘cause they do not like him anymore. I'll tell you, man, that’s the best I have seen Gonzo play. In the past he would have wilted instead of attacking like that”
Spud: “Ya, he attacked and made 46 UE. Anyways it was a great match, with tons of action and drama”
Bud: “I kind of agree with you, kind of...unbelievable”.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

great stuff, It sounds sarcastic, just like a new David Foster Wallace, whom ya'd quoted in the credits. same style, congragts

Terza di Copertina.

"Cementi di Gloria" è l'opera prima di Paolo Ricaldi, aka Mr. Pemulis, che nell'estate 2007 ha girato in lungo e largo i tornei di preparazione agli Us Open - il c.d. minicircuito chiamato Us Open Series - è tornato sano e salvo, anche se un po' intossicato di Tennis, e ci ha raccontato quanto visto, sentito e percepito nel Nuovo Mondo.
In questo reportage, che è un viaggio picaresco nel nordamerica, intorno al "vuoto" dello showbiz, l'autore alterna con grande potenza espressiva cronache sportive esilaranti, pagine di letteratura minimalista, storie surreali, incubi metropolitani abitati da personaggi dai nomi improbabili e aneddoti irresistibili; e lo fa utilizzando una vasta gamma di registri, che vanno dal comico al noir. Ne risulta un inno sghembo al tennis e alla vita in generale, che fa' di Ricaldi, la "next big thing" del panorama letterario mediterraneo.