Everybody wants to be a record-breaker

Roger Federer seems to break records almost by the day, so it is not surprising he sometimes struggles to keep track of them.

That was certainly the case with the obscure landmark one journalist discovered he had set in Friday's five-set win over Julien Benneteau.

Federer, according to the intrepid reporter, has now won 5,459 games in Grand Slam tennis, 21 more than Andre Agassi.

That seemed to tickle the Swiss star, who said with tongue firmly in cheek: "You battle out there. Because I knew it. I knew that that record was on the line.

"That's maybe why I couldn't get it going early, because it's such a big record for me. I thought playing longer might make me really break it."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/18660644

Aug-2005 RoopKund... once in a lifetime experience

My reaction after watching the videos, nostalgia creeping in, it's been 7 years.

Chandan Save
Just finished watching the RoopKund videos on youtube. That was something, wasn't it. We (or at least I was) were so naive about the significance of that trip.

Makes me think what life is all about. We've all gotten so sucked into mundane everyday stuff. Isn't it high time to shake things up a bit ?!

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My record of the trip: http://chandan.name/RKund-v01.html

The official blog: http://himalayanquest.blogspot.com/

And finally.. videos that the gang so painstakingly captured. Special thanks to Sushen for the the final editing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye1WoPOqlmw  - That's part 1; there are 8 parts in all.

Happy memories........................

King Fed - Nadal rivalry

"Miami Masters 2004 Rewind: Birthplace of the Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal Rivalry" - this deserves to be recorded for posterity

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/369308-rewind-2004-miami-masters-birthplace-of-the-federer-vs-nadal-rivalry

Some snippets


He waited patiently for them to self-destruct or to give up once they concluded that inevitably Federer was going to win. That freed the world No. 1 to play pure tennis.

Nadal, however, never fit into Roger’s world view...like a programmed automaton.