it was the perfect antidote to my unbelievably brutal holiday weekend hangover, gave me something to focus on.

Between this match and getting the news that I had scored a ticket to Stevie Wonder tomorrow night at the Hollywood Bowl, what seemed like a long day improved dramatically.

I had Nadal over Fed and Venus over Serena at the beginning of the tournament but since I: a) Didn't bet any money on it, & b) somehow forgot to post that here.......I guess that doesn't much matter, lol.

Great day of tennis tho, I don't know if I'm ready to go as far as Mac (btw, he was whylin' out towards the end of that broadcast) and say 'best ever' but it was pretty damn good and certainly worthy of being in the conversation.

It had all the elements.

Congrats to Rafa, that must have felt unbelievable.