Monday, July 9, 2012

Roger vs Murray, Lim Guan Eng vs Chua Soi Lek


It was hard to stick to one channel last night if you’re a sport fan. The great Wimbledon final between Roger and Murray, and the Formula 1 at Silverstone were running concurrently and as the F1 went to Mark Webber at 9.45 pm, Murray was leading Roger with 1 set up and it was such an exciting tennis match between a legend and a highly talented British player so eager to win his first Grand Slam. After all, it has been since 1938 that a British won their home tournament at Wimbledon, expectations were high on Murray seen as the best chance to end the drought for so many decades.

He failed eventually despite of winning the first set and so close in the second but when the roof was closed and turned the court into an indoor one, Roger was simply unstoppable. Perhaps, he shoulders too much of the expectations of his countrymen as even the likes of David Bergkamp, Posh Spice, Duchess of Cambridge and her sister Pippa and Prime Minister David Cameron were there to lend him supports.


In the end, Murray choked when delivering his speech and his public tears just proved how much winning at Wimbledon meant to him. But he did his countrymen proud, 20-millions Britons were reportedly following the live telecast on TV struggled to contain their disappointments. Despite of losing the match, clearly the young lad has the supports of his countrymen undividedly behind him.

Switched over channel 301 of Astro and you see two so familiar faces finger-pointing at each other again for the second time and there was nothing new at all, not inspiring, not moving, perhaps a little bit disgusting especially when they took turns to throw slanders at each other. Talking about policies to benefit the people and country? Are these two guys genuinely thought that they are capable to bring about a significant change to effect a better live for us?

Watching Murray losing to Roger is more inspiring I guess, at the very least, there were no crocodile’s tears. Murray’s tears were genuine.



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