Tale of Two Grasses

Roger Federer bowed just a set (overall) to its perennial finale contender, Rafael Nadal, before grabbing his fourth consecutive silver gilt cup (and cover to be exact) in his favorite Grand Slam court, the grasses of Wimbledon. While, Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo continued to prove her being WTA’s no. 1 by coming out of the last two sets and beat Justin (watchamacallit) Henin-Hardene in an exciting three-set game. This would at least make a little consolation to the loss of France over Italy in the World Cup.

Speaking of the more humongous field of grass (70 yards wide, 110 yards long to be exact), Italy won the World Cup title after beating France in an exciting shootout. They scored all five while the French conceded one goal on its second attempt because David Trezeguet hit the ball errantly on the crossbar, which landed slightly out of the thick 6-inch wide line. I guess they already have someone to blame (Zizou cannot be blamed or else there’ll be war). The game was watched by 1 billion people in the world. These people witnessed action on the last minutes of the game when Zinedine Zidane head-butted Marco Materazzi on the chest and was awarded a red card and made an inglorious exit of his last international game before retiring. At least, he got some redemption after been given the Golden Ball.

Italy will celebrate by even snorting more grass if this is allowed, of course.