May 2010
9 posts
Roland Garros Day 5 Men's Tennis Briefs
Congratulations to 23-year-old Italian Fabio Fognini for a well-fought victory over the French favorite, Gael Monfils
Andy Roddick has advanced and has a good chance against his 3rd round opponent, Georgian Teimuraz Gabashvili, ranked 114th in the world. His likely 4th round opponent would be David Ferrer, and that will likely be the end for the American #1.
Andy Murray has also advanced and...
“I stretched my hamstring in my right leg and I heard two cracks. I will go for a...”
– Ernests Gulbis, retired down 6-4 6-2 1-0 in first round French Open play against France’s Julien Benneteau.
A couple Federer stats:
Number of times retired from any match in any tournament: 0
Number of consecutive grand slam appearances: 46 and counting
Number of consecutive slam...
Roland Garros - Random Thoughts
First off, I was bummed that there is no French Open app for Android as there is for the iPhone. Then I realized that, unlike the iPhone, my HTC Incredible can access the full Flash-based official site of the French Open. I listened to Radio Roland Garros on the way to work this morning, and all was well.
Federer is off to a good start, making short work of his opponent Luczak in a quick...
bijan sabet: Android for Mobile Just Keeps Getting... →
Less than two weeks ago, i wrote a post about the challenges of Android being sort of stuck in the middle. The middle between two extremes - iPhone and Blackberry.
But after last weeks Google I/O conference, I’m more excited than ever about Android for Mobile for two important reasons:
1….
“When Rafa steps on court against Soderling he goes out thinking its more of a...”
– Andre Agassi on Nadal’s chances at the French Open, which starts tomorrow.
I think Andre has it correct. Only tall players with flat, two-handed backhands can take out Nadal at the French. Fortunately for Nadal, the two guys like that with any shot of beating him - Soderling and Gulbis -...
HTC Incredible camera vs iPhone 3gs
My brother blogging one of the many ways in which the HTC Incredible walks all over the iPhone 3GS:
bijan:
For many folks, the mobile phone has become the primary camera. I know I take a ton of pics with my phone.
A few weeks ago, my brother and I were hanging out in the Boston Public Gardens. We happened to take a similar photo of our kids. I used my iPhone and my brother used the HTC...