It's 8am and I'm on the way to the airport. I managed to change my flight after Andy lost to an in-form Davydenko last night.
Davydenko is tough to play at the best of times - he is a relentless retriever but he also takes the ball very early and gives you absolutley nothing. You need to be at your sharpest to beat him and Andy probably just didn't have enough time to recover from the 3 hour win over Federer to do himself justice.
No complaints though - great week, great year!
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* Andy misses out on his dream of the trophy to an in-from Davydenko in the semi-finals
I'm not sure who is going to win the final as I dont think Djokovic has been at his best this week and he struggled to get past Simon yesterday. He has already beaten Davydenko in the group matches but a final is quite different to the other matches - it's so much to do with the mindset. Lets see who wants it the most!
I am glad to be on the way home and looking forward to the off season - and regrowing my nails:). Shangahi was a buzzing city and the tournament was amazing, we were all looked after so well and yes, I took Andy's monogrammed pillowcases and bathrobes home as a momento!
So just the 13 hours to London, then a (hopefully) quick transfer at Terminal 5 to Edinburgh. I'm dead tired as I was up to 3am trying to squeeze all my shopping in to my bag, I'm bound to get done for excess!
Till the next time guys!