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His first ATP Masters title.
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Go Andy Murray! Believe it or not, he won the Cincinnati Masters, beating Novak Djokovic for the second time in straight sets in as many weeks on the last day. He wasted five Championship points, but we can forgive him--he looked nervous when trying to serve out for the win. This result means he moves up to number six in the world, leapfrogging James Blake, David Nalbandian, and Andy Roddick.
- Roger Federer, however, got knocked out early against Ivo Karlovic, and because Rafael Nadal reached the semis, he will overtake Federer on August 18 (since Federer is set to lose far more ranking points than Nadal will).
- Predictions for the US Open? I reckon Djokovic will be hard to beat. He's obviously talented on hard courts. You obviously can't discount Nadal or Federer, but I can't see Nadal take it. He's still notably a little weaker on hard than on clay and grass, and as Djokovic proved by a 6-1 7-5 straight sets win over him in the semis, he's beatable on this surface. Murray has an outside chance--winning Cincinnati proves he has the game, but the big question is whether he can last two weeks playing five-set matches or not.
- I got Geometry Wars 2 this week, and it's awesome. I've not played it as much as I'd like to, but thanks to this post, you can be sure I'll be making time from now on.
- I also hit 1,000 wiki points. Just to clarify, I wasn't doing it for the 'race'. I was editing a few pages, and I was pretty annoyed by the long submission times, so hitting that target was more to gain the privilege of live edits than anything else.
- If you're wondering what I've done to get that many points, let me introduce you to my babies. I've single-handedly done everything on Captain Novolin and Powershot Pinball, and I've contributed heavily (including full articles) on A Sound of Thunder, Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, and Super Tennis. It's pretty disappointing that writing doesn't net you more points, and that the majority of mine came from linking related pages and uploading images.
- I sneakily gave a mention to my review on The Awakened under the Reception section.
- Speaking of A Sound of Thunder, the results of the HonestGamers contest have not been announced yet. Apparently, they'll be up later today.
- Music-wise, I'm still listening to Rilo Kiley's "More Adventurous", and given that I enjoyed the Subways' debut so much, I went ahead and got follow-up "All or Nothing". It's pretty good, too. It has more stand-out tracks ("Turnaround" is my favourite), but maybe it isn't quite as consistent. I'm also checking out Mogwai (more specifically, "Mr. Beast"), and I've re-found my love for Les Savy Fav. "The Equestrian" is their best song by quite a bit--not because it's about submission and sex.
- The past week, I also decided on my favourite Muse song. That would be the epic "Butterflies & Hurricanes".
- ...And I'm off. Back to some more Geometry Wars!
