Tennis and the World Cup

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After missing out on yesterday's tennis I was looking forward to the Federer v Nalbandian semi-final from Roland Garros today.

And a cracking trading match it was too. Had a bit of everything really - breaks, a partial derailment of the Federer Express, the shot of the tournament, flip-flopping favourites, a doctor on court and a retirement. Plenty of opportunity for everyone to make some money!

Took me a while to get back on track after an early break of Federer but don't mind going red early doors, especially in 5 setters where there's plenty of time to turn it round. Couldn't believe what I was seeing with Fed a set and 3-0 down in the second. That seemed to be the watershed moment though as suddenly his game just clicked. Shame Nalbandian had to retire later really but something was obviously up.

Did little more than mess around for a few minutes on the Nadal match. Now we have the final everyone wanted and I'm sure the final will be another great trading event. Just not sure yet if I'll do it.

Anyway, the big wait is over and the World Cup has started. The Germany game was a fantastic start to the tournament. Only thing that could have topped it would have been Costa Rica sneaking a last minute equalizer! ;-)

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