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Sep. 6th, 2019 06:37 pmAt the beginning of the week I just had a sore throat, which I waited to go away. It did, but now my head is so stuffed up I'm struggling to sleep at night, and meanwhile any significant amount of exercise is still causing me trouble, though less than it was at the week's start. Mom and I are supposed to have lunch with a pair of old friends tomorrow, and I'm not sure what state I'm going to be in for that. I have literally just given in and taken painkillers for my headache, and I'll try to rest as much as possible this weekend.
One drawback of France was I wasn't able to watch the U.S. Open; Eurosport has the rights and while we had a TV, it only had the broadcast channels. But now I have heard too much about Medvedev, and while the idea of Rafa overtaking Roger in his slam count makes me sad, I'm going to have to hope to wins this now, because at this moment Dmitrov seems like he's going out, and I don't think Matteo Berrentini's too likely to win. At least I'm feeling optimistic about Serena finally winning on the these slam finals.
Also been watching the junior grand prix. It seems Eteri Tutberidze's students might now be cracking earlier. I suspect the insane competitiveness there is in Russia now has exacerbated all the psychological baggage she's saddling likely most of her students with. Russia's still not the kind of society to care about young athletes being dealt that kind of damage, but hey, maybe if she stops getting results, that'll cause things to change?
One drawback of France was I wasn't able to watch the U.S. Open; Eurosport has the rights and while we had a TV, it only had the broadcast channels. But now I have heard too much about Medvedev, and while the idea of Rafa overtaking Roger in his slam count makes me sad, I'm going to have to hope to wins this now, because at this moment Dmitrov seems like he's going out, and I don't think Matteo Berrentini's too likely to win. At least I'm feeling optimistic about Serena finally winning on the these slam finals.
Also been watching the junior grand prix. It seems Eteri Tutberidze's students might now be cracking earlier. I suspect the insane competitiveness there is in Russia now has exacerbated all the psychological baggage she's saddling likely most of her students with. Russia's still not the kind of society to care about young athletes being dealt that kind of damage, but hey, maybe if she stops getting results, that'll cause things to change?
