Hot Spot Weekend

Tennis

Novak is king. The Chinese Open final  in Beijing saw a battle royal between Djokovic and Nadal although the score line doesn’t quite reflect that 6-2 6-2.Nadal is definitely on the mend and on the way up.

Djokovic

                                                                      Murray, Federer, Djokovic and Nadal are now headed for the Shanghai Open. Murray gets a bye in the first round.  If he wins in round 2 it is likely he will play David Goffin in round 3. Goffin is his opposition in the Davis Cup in November. Go for it Murray, knock him flat.

The British No. 1 Johanna Konta reached the semi finals in Wuan but got knocked out during the qualifying rounds of the ladies championship in Liez France. The top qualifying ladies be looking to make their finals in Singapore.

Horse Racing

Aidan O’brien 

Aidan O’brian did it again with Air Force Blue in the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket. O’brien - 1,  Godolphin - 0. Air Force Blue’s 3 Group 1 wins have been a treat to watch.  Aiden surely knows a good one when he sees one.

There was high praise on The Morning Line for Emotionless with a short presentation which took place in his stable. Emotionless certainly looked the part. High coat shine, (made one think of the Karate Kid polishing his sponsor’s car with wax, ha ha), lovely temperament, confirmation of a winner and looking very very fit. DNA and a winning quality came out in Air Force Blue. Who’s DNA?  Northern Dancer! Air Force Blue flew through the air, (pun intended). 


Formula One

All eyes are on Mr. diamonds in his ears blondy Lewis now. What a race. Everything in it an F1 fan could possibly hope for. Great start, crash in the first circuit and 3 cars out of it. We get to lap 7 and Rosberg’s throttle foot pedal breaks who caused that then? Someone in the garage needs to own up.  Roseburg was very tight lipped about it afterwards, no expletive deletives. He gets 10 out of 10 for that, any chance of the world title gone, I would not have been so sweet mouthed about it. 

Lap 12 and now Grosjean is out with a crash and out comes the safety car. Bottas’s tyres die but later he battles it out with Raikkonen circuit after circuit. Sainz goes out due to brake failure Ricciardo pulls off the track, and in the last lap, Raikkonen takes out Bottas on the very last lap
trying to beat him to third place on the podium and Vettle ends up second having carefully avoided a track  official who had run out to pick up debris of the track. Close encounter of the Sochi kind!

Russian Grand Prix St Petersburg 1913

No 5 ring a bell? Nigel won the championship 5 times and carried the no. 5 on his helmet.

I nearly left the room more than once I couldn’t stand the tension. I want Hamilton to win his third world title so much. For Highlights go here and watch it all again. http://goo.gl/q5H00r

Jemmima J.Jones