Tennis Day Two.

Nadal on Center Court, followed by Serena, and then Federer.  The players' names on the other side of the net didn't need to be asked, because it seemed clear by the power house players that the court would be dominated by them from serve one.  However, in the second set of the first match, Nadal was feeling the crushing dominance of a relatively unknown Italian man.  With his relaxed attitude, the Italian found Nadal's gaps, usually in the form of short drops over the net, lending him to unexpected breaks, and eventually a score of 6-3 for the second set.  He quickly gained respect from the roaring crowd of Nadal supporters.  Although Nadal finally finished the match quickly in the third set, the playing looked painful, and not in form of the No. 1's style.  In the media mix zone, he wasn't the usual charmer, but brushed past after two interviews.  Leaving appox. 25 media mongels waiting quote-less with a blank tape recorder still clutched in the palm.   

While Serena finished her match of yesterday, postponed because of the rain delay.  I watched Loglo from Togo on court 5.  Although a fun name to say, the match was not.  Better described as dull, ending quickly in two sets.  After the loss, Loglo answered my questions with a clouded head, asking me to repeat each question.  This time I wasn't nervous, but it didn't matter because he had lost and the central editing team was looking for the words coming from an upset.  That hadn't happened.  For all the flash quote reporters that we have at the venue, only some of the quotes are sent in the system because of the congestion from quotes.  Explain to me this, how do quotes such as this not get spiked.  (The context is an equestrian event) The question: What happened at the fence? Answer: I fell off the horse.  

In the last half hour of my shift, I listened to Federer speak at a press conference.  I never realized that he actually had a sense of humor, but how could you not be in a good mood when you wipe out your opponent. 

Tomorrow is my last day of morning tennis before the tournament has narrowed enough to be exclusively night games.