Wimbledon and Independence Day weekend

Another week has gone by in a whoosh. At work things have been as usual. Spent most of my time last week pouring over books on Microsoft Access. I met with my boss on Friday and will start working on the first phase of my project from Tuesday. Ideally I would want to spend the weekend working on it. Tomorrow, July 4th marks the 229th year of America's independence from the British. For most of us, this means another 3-day weekend, one of the many that I have had over the past few months. Majority of the cities in the US have fireworks show and I hope to catch the one in C'ville.

Wimbledon 2005 which had captured my attention over the past 2 weeks concluded today, with Roger Federer and Venus Williams triumphing in their respective categories. With this victory, Roger Federer joined the likes of Pete Sampras, Bjoon Borg and Fred Perry as the only men to have won Wimbledon three times in a row. Winning 5 Grand Slam titles before his 24th birthday, places him in pole position to re-write history books. The most amazing aspect about Fed-ex is his humility which marks him out as a popular champion. He shows a lot of respect for his opponent even after handing them some of their heaviest defeats. He is truly one the all time great sportsmen and a great role model. Venus' third triumph at SW-19 was equally impressive and she beat world no.1 Lindsay Davenport in the longest women's final ever played. Personally, Tim Henman's exit in the 2nd round was very disappointing and time seems to be running out for him to win Wimbledon. But for now, let's savor Federer's super performance.