Novak Wins.

In order to do my best not to be redundant, I don't have a picture today of Novak...considering I feel like he has been in a couple of the last few.

Novak wins the Tennis Master's Cup after blitzing Davydenko 7-5, 6-1.

To be honest, the match had no pulse up until 5-3 in the second set. Up to that point, Novak was simply making Nikolay look bad.

At 5-3 in the 2ND, Novak fought to get to 15-40 on Davydenko's serve...2 Championship points. Nikolay suddenly came alive and saved both...

At 5-4 Novak got down 15-40, and after missing a first serve, mocked the crowd for applauding in between serves...leading to a double fault to lose the game.

Once again Novak had to add a bitter taste to his victory...the crowd ALWAYS makes noise in between serves as the match gets closer...and Novak bounced the ball a good 17 times before missing that first serve, which is asking the crowd to get on his back.

At 5-5 Nikolay reverted back to the heartless, emotionless tennis we sometimes see from him, and got broken easily. Novak is too tough and good to get broken for the match twice...and sealed his first Masters Cup title. Congrats to Novak...had a fantastic year.

He finishes again at No. 3 in the world, and gains some needed momentum going into the off season.

The tennis season of '08 ends today(OK except Davis Cup)...fans everywhere will have to either watch the Tennis Channel reruns or follow the Challengers.

Now that the season is over, I'll start to cover more of the Challenger events and try and name some of those players to watch in the coming year.

STAY TUNED SOON FOR MY '08 IN REVIEW...

Also, I'll still be posting quite a bit, but might miss some days here and there if there is really nothing going on. Tip of the Weeks, Vocab, etc. will continue.
Comment me if there is anything you'd like me to write a blog about, and I'll do my best. Lastly a new poll should be up very soon...feel free to vote.

Take care...