Morning, Pete. I always preferred low dudgeon myself.

Prepare for lots of grumbling on RF.com about this act of lese-majeste. Actually, Federer has looked quite good at Basel so far, though I'm not sure it portends any more for 2010 than your "analysis" above. :-)

GAH-unreadable drivel. you are so not funny or clever!!!!

This doesn't really mean anything does it pete? He can always drop out of a couple of events as the season moves on.

Thanks Pete

Roger to compete in F1 driving race? goodness me buckle up Roger.

Though he does own my fav car a Aston Martin Major Sigh!

I think pete was joking about the F-1 driving, AM.

I too detected a certain lack of reverence in this article.

The amount of activity is both surprising and welcome. The tennis scene seems somehow deflated without him.

ok, this was weird. but whatever. I just wanna see a Nole-Roger final in Roger Federer Arena.

Bali Order of Play for Friday
Samantha Stosur vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez at 1 AM - Winner advances to the semifinals
Sabine Lisicki vs Melinda Czink - Aravane Rezai won Group D
Marion Bartoli vs Shahar Peer at 5:30 AM - Winner advances to the semifinals
Yanina Wickmayer vs Anabel Medina Garrigues - If Yanina wins one set, she will advance to the semifinals. If Anabel wins in straight sets, this group will be decided by percentage of games won.

United States at Italy on Saturday at 5 AM
All matches will be televised live on Tennis Channel
Order to be determined at draw

Annie Pete never jokes.

Gasquet playing well against Isner, with some lovely shot-making, but no breaks and Isner to serve at 3-4.

As for Pete's: too juvenile for me to even bother with a reply.

Good afternoon, everyone,

Thanks, Pete ... but you are in a "strange" mood today!

Is there live streams to the Bali tournament at all please

Aussiemarg,
Word has it that streams will not be available until the semifinals on Saturday.

And Isner breaks and will serve for the set at 5-4.

Lynne Maybe its the "aftermath of Halloween" does strange and weird things to people lol!

Many wanted to know what motivated AA to write his book the way he did, divulging what he did.

I'd like to know what motivated Pete to write this piece.

Thanks Master Ace,typical isnt it.Well I will have to just use the SB.

Good news guys, the cable company is on their way, the utilities company is on their way and my really good bed is on its way. Could life get any better. I have to pinch myself today - yaay

just a note-that answer is easy and obvious. pete hates fed with a white hot passion.

Isner takes the first set 6-4, with 85% of first serves in.

Karen Hi,great news.Especially about the bed.I used to take my fav pillow with me when I travelled o/seas.I hated the hotel's pillows.I would wake up with a sore neck lol!

Aussiemarg:

How did things go yesterday??

Gasquet survives a horrible opening game in the second set, giving points away like it was Xmas, including 3 DFs.

Lynne great,except it started to rain heavily.So the beach scene where I do my Kylie had to be postponed.pfft.

me - thanks, though I don't believe that to be the case.

And, I think only he could say what his motivation was.

12 years later we may come to know? ;)

Jamaica Karen - yes! Hope all goes well.

I just saw that Ferrer had to pull out of Valencia. I haven't heard what the problem is but the commentators were saying he is not going to Paris either. Yikes. It might be the knee. I wonder if he will be able to participate in DC. Not looking good. Feel bad for him.

"pete hates fed with a white hot passion."

No he doesn't. This was just an embarrassingly bad attempt at humor.

Aussiemarg,

That is too bad. Will you get another chance?

Lynne Yes,we are waiting to hear when the producer of the video can complete.I am still up at the Central Coast of Sydney which is about 1 1/2hrs drive.It all depends on the weather though.Forecast isnt too good here for the next couple of days though.

JohnC,

Why would Pete hate Fed? There is nothing to dislike about him, let alone hate.

Lynne, he doesn't hate Fed -- that was a quote from another poster which I was correcting (hence the quote marks).

Well, stupid me! Must stop for more strong coffee.

2010 Fed Cup QFs 6/7 Feb 2010

World Group

Ukraine vs Italy [Kharkiv, Ukraine]
Czech Republic vs Germany [Brno, CZE]
Serbia vs Russia [Belgrade, Serbia]
France vs USA [Lievin, France]

World Group II

Australia vs Spain [Adelaide, Australia]
Poland vs Belgium [Bydgoszcz, Poland]
Estonia vs Argentina [Tallinn, Estonia]
Slovakia vs China [Bratislava, Slovakia]

Pete is a New Age Guy,he loves everyone.

Adelaide???? must be using those Memorial drive courts,ahhhhhh!

Meanwhile Troicki claims the second set against Cilic in what looks like a very hard-fought match.

6-7(7) 7-6(8)

AM,

Nice guess . . . that's what it says, Memorial Drive, outdoor hard courts

I will be interested to hear what The little Aussie battler has to say lol!

Why cant they use Grass courts? forgot Spain can play on grass now since they slowed it down for the clay court players lol!

Well that exludes my idol Borg of course.

Isner survives two BPs to take the second set to a TB.

I had a feeling that Pete was not entirely sober, while writing this peace. Clear signs of being carried away...

My thought exactly, mick, though I politely refrained from saying so :-)

I am a bit surprised with Marin,he hasnt been playing all that well lately,condsidering his great results prior.Maybe he is tired.

Maybe Pete is getting in early with Christmas just around the corner.

Spreading good cheer is comendable lol!

Great play from both guys in this tiebreak...

"This was just an embarrassingly bad attempt at humor."

I dunno, I quite enjoyed the 'northern suburb of Detroit' line.

Think you were right the first time, AM. Maybe he is still in Halloween mode!

What a great tie-break btwn Isner & Gasquet--Allez Gasquest!

Where is everyone watching the Isner match?

And Gasquet takes the second set tiebreak with some great play by both men. Isner is playing much better than when I first saw him at Legg Mason. But I do like watching Gasquet's wonderful backhand.

http://www.fromsport.com/video-107147.html

Good for Gasquet!!!

Good afternoon,

Nice post, Pete.

About Gerry Weber. Gerry isn't the guy who invented the barbecue grill. Au contraire, Gerhard is a very succesful fashion designer.
http://www.house-of-gerryweber.de/index_GW_de.html

Not that I think Pete would know anything about fashion, though. I saw him with an orange checkered shirt not so long ago on TW.

Yay for Verdasco, Marco and Novak!

I am in love with Richards b/hand

its a joy to watch.

Hi Zenggi

Orange is very "in" these days you know

Pete also knows a lot about "shoes" as well

He certainly isnt "one di-mensional" at all.

Please do something about viruses that are swarming on this site. My home computer has been infected with a number of viruses.

Boy=--have I missed that BACKHAND!

woot, woot. Gasquet takes the second of three breakpoints. 2-1 in the third.

Hi AM,

With all due respect. Pete knows naught about fashion.

How was your shooting?

I'm assuming this is all tongue-in-cheek stuff, Pete, because one really cannot fault Federer for knowing which side his bread is buttered on and who supplies the butter now, can we? I mean, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be tapping out these blog posts as heartily and regularly as you do were it not to support some "stretch objective" penciled into your performsance review by James Martin or Steve Tignor (aka TENNIS Magazine editors in charge).

As for Davis Cup, we do realize that Federer has played more Davis Cup matches (48 total) than even our own esteemed Andy Roddick (31), don't we? The fact that he hasn't been seen in a semifinal or final tie is all just happenstance, isn't it?

zenggi Well it went great,then started to rain pfft.So the last scene,My starring scene by the way was cancelled.We are waiting on the producer of the video when we can complete the last scene.

Am,

Does it mean you have to go through the whole Kylie moves again? :)

Come on, Richard.

will the Gasquet match be archived on e360?

zenggi As a "artist" one is always trying to perfect ones moves.

Calm down Robbie

Single hand b/hand down the line with ease?

Ok Richard please.

And Gasquet gets another break 4-1. Wheels have come off the Isner serve juggernaut, plus he keeps hitting to one of the best b/hands in the business.

If only Gasquet had a little confidence, a little self-belief to go along with all this talent. If only.

Got it, AM.

By the way "orange" is not IN in Europe at all, at all. :)

That bakhand down the line was beautiful, Richard. Not in Roger's league though, but nice anyway.

zenggi Well I love Orange regardless

Anway I am sick of seeing Pink everywhere.

That b/hand of Richards wasnt a easy shot at all,considering

Yes, I'm for orange, but I don't care too much for black or green.

Federer has been in a semifinal. He played the semifinal of Davis Cup, in 03, against Hewitt in Australia--was up two sets & a break and gagged it away.

Marin just saved at least 2 match pts in the TB at 6-4. 6-all TB now final set

Allez Richard well done

bad luck John.

http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=nl&js=y&u=http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/tennis/5255054/__Zware_straf_halve_finaliste_US_Open__.html&sl=nl&tl=en&history_state0=&swap=1
I really hope this is wrong...Wicky and Malisse suspended for a YEAR!!!!....thats ridiculous!!...and apparently if its true she's not allowed finish Bali......ridiculous......possibly ruining a young girl with a lot of potential's career......

Marin comes out as a mental giant winning a tough 3-setter. Imagine that.

Arun, e360 has archived Gasquet-Isner.

Jacko,
I thought Yanina was only going to be warned for not being available to get drug tested. My day job is not letting me read the translation.

Marin did win the match winning 8-6 in final set TB at Basel

Babe,

True..wasn't that DC cup tie in honor of Peter Carter?

The Agassi factor, may be?

Jacko nothing is more certain to Donald Duck Typepad than that kind of link. Tiny URL, please. It's not rocket science.

Yea MA--Roger lost it emotionally as well--he cried & cried cos his parents (Peter's) were in the crowd.

MA..I can post the translation here:

"The Flemish Doping Tribunal has the tennis Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse suspended Thursday for one years. Wickmayer had drie keer via de zogenaamde whereabouts verzuimd haar verblijfplaats op te geven aan de antidopinginstanties. Wickmayer had three editions the whereabouts of his residence failed to comply with the anti-doping authorities. Malisse beging die overtreding twee keer maar miste ook een controle. Malisse twice committed the violation but also missed a check."

Jacko,
Unfortunately, you are correct on Yanina being suspended for one year and must leave Bali as tennisforum.com has posted the news and I was able to get the translation.

this is it MA......very poor translation though.....
Malisse suspended tennis and Wickmayer
BRUSSEL - BRUSSELS -- The Flemish Doping Tribunal has the tennis Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse suspended Thursday for one years. Wickmayer had three editions the whereabouts of his residence failed to comply with the anti-doping authorities. Malisse beging die overtreding twee keer maar miste ook een controle. Malisse twice committed the violation but also missed a check.

uh-oh Jacko - now ya gone and broke it.

"Jacko nothing is more certain to Donald Duck Typepad than that kind of link. Tiny URL, please. It's not rocket science."

The article is also 100% jibberish--no speaky de engilish.

Thanks for the info, GH. Appreciate it.

*sigh*....Tinyurl just goes above me head.......i'm too used to wordpress which isnt linkularly damaged......

ladyjulia, yes, that was the first time that Australia and Switzerland played in a DC match since Peter Carter died. I think they called it the 'Peter Carter Cup' or something. Didn't they say it would always be called that whenever the two countries meet in DC from now on? I can't remember.

Anyway, that was a devastating loss for Fed. Roger was so brokenhearted and had a private conversation with Peter Carter's parents afterwards where he was able to let out all his pain over Peter's death with them. Peter's parents still come and watch Roger play at the AO every year.

Interesting that Roger has never lost to Hewitt since.

and I agree with whatever has got this site by the scruff of the neck lately- all the redirections to the yellow pages. bleah. I would suspect my own system, but this is the only site that it happens on.

I dunno Grant - 1 out of 23 isn't so hot. Though I like the fashion vs meth bit. So 2 out of 23.

That Trotsky/Marin match must be, (have been?), really something too.

Jacko - tinyurl goes over my tinyhead too.

its surprisingly difficult CL :P
anyways...if people think it'll break typepad...or its not necessary i suppose i'll just keep my links to myself and people can wait the extra day for the ticker to update it.....

My computer picked up a virus from this site the other day which was healed but I'm still being re-directed to the yellow pages occasionally. It never happens on any other site.

Just go to
http://tinyurl.com/
and follow the one sentence instruction.

Stan on the board.

Alexis..yes, i think he mentioned he used to lose to Hewitt because of fitness. But, still leading two sets and a break. Hewitt was always a fighter.