Tennis: The Tri - Wizard Tournament

I just got my new laptop and I'm back to blogging.

Between selling off my PC and relocating to Gurgaon permanently, I didn't have much of a time to write and any time I got, was spent watching TV Shows and the Tennis Grand Slams.

Tennis is a game which is quite different from the other popular sporting events we watch. Here, we have a classical era and a modern era. Whenever drawing comparisons, we never compare the classical errans with the modern errans (That's a word I made up, so deal with it).

But why so ?? Has the game changed ?? Have the rules been modified ?? Was a new ground breaking technology invented ??

Whatever the reason might be, this post doesn't deal with the issue of this separatism. This post is about the current era of tennis we are witnessing. This era, possibly from 2010 - Current Date, is what I like to call, the TRIWIZARD ERA.

Like Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, we have Federer, Djokovic & Nadal. FedEX is our favourite no matter what happens, just like Hogwarts. Djoker is what they call the super good looking face of tennis (atleast my friend Diksha says so) and Rafa is the muscle and strength which Viktor Krum was made of. The three masters, ranked top 3 in ATP Rankings since don’t know how long back, battle it out not only in the Grand Slams but also the Davis Cup, Olympics and the other ATP Tourneys, be it for their country, their WAGs or themselves.

Until now, we have witnessed 3 Grand Slams in 2012. Djokovic defended his Australian Open title by defeating Nadal, Nadal took his revenge and defended his French Open title against Djokovic while Federer won his 17th Slam and 7th Wimbledon by defeating the Scottish hope Andy Murray.

Each of them won these titles on their best playing surfaces. Would you call it a home advantage or just a coincidence ??

In most famous tennis rivalries, we have seen at best 2 great players who were famous for being the corner stone of that age of tennis. Whenever a 3rd star entered the scene, one of the them would ultimately be etched out until only two remain.

Same was the case when the best tennis rivalry in the Tennis ages was formed; Federer v/s Nadal, who bagged all the Slam titles between them from 2005 – 2010.

Jelena Ristic (Djokovic)

Thus entered Djokovic. Taking the two champs by surprise, he won 5 Slams in the last 2 years. The usual trend almost followed when Federer dropped to World No. 3, lost to the likes of Tsonga & Murray (No offence to the French & the Scottish but Cmon, Its Roger Federer). Till now I believed the Swiss Maestro has lost his class and soon will be phased out but he proved the ordinary wrong when he came back won his record 7th Wimbledon title.

So. Is this the era of the triwizards or what ?? And along with that, it’s the age of the unlucky Scottish. No matter how super hot girlfriend he has and no matter how hard he tries, he always ends up on the losing side.

And now that I’m on it, how the hell do all of em so HOT WAGs ?? Its not like the women scouted for the best tennis talent and roped them in (No puns here fellas). Nadal, Djoko & Murray are all in their respective relationships for more than 4-5 years each while Federer met his wife during the Davis Cup.

Kim Sears (Murray)

Keeping Ivanovic, Sharapova & Kournikova aside, who knew Tennis was this glamorous ??

Coming back to the topic ...

The 4th and the final Slam will take place in US later this year where the defending champ Djoko will be the favourite. But we also have the Olympics before that. Federer & Nadal already have the Gold Medal under their belt but the World No. 1 would be ready ...