The King Has Arrived

No, it isn't Mohammad Ali. And it isn't Barack Obama either. Sheesh..what's wrong with you guys....

On a tuesday morning,

Flags were being waved everywhere.

These 3 guys came all the way from South Africa. Talk about passion. And there's nothing much wrong about the poster. :p

Some random guy. lol. Or rather my partner in crime.

Arriving...

To be honest, he looks much more fairer compared to what we see on the telly and mag. -.-

My best shot of that morning.

Naturally the crowd swarm all around him and helped cut our queueing line by half. Thanks guys! 

This ball belongs to a cute 9 year old girl who was waiting in line in front of us with her mum to have Fed's signature. They just recently came back from the Shanghai Masters and even stayed at the official players hotel there. The 2 signatures you can see on the ball is Djokovic's (above) and Gilles Simon's (below). 

They closed the doors after just 10+ minutes. Naturally the crowd went mad. When they allowed another 20 to go in, you can just imagine the hustling and bustling of everyone trying to get past the guards. One guy even shouted "Lets storm them!". Siao ah? Kesian the old lady and small kid there. Both managed to get in. So that's cool. Thankfully, I was by that time at the front and was allowed to enter. 

Waving to the adoring crowd below. And to those who didn't manage to get his autograph.

Everyone was cheering and waving. I bet he melted a few hearts that day. ;)

Bye bye.

Moving on to the night every tennis fan in Malaysia have been waiting for.

View from my seat. Still pretty okay, Putra isn't that big.

They had Ning Baizura to perform. She was straining on some parts though.

Ella. At least she interacted with the audience.

Jaclyn Victor. Couldn't hear her clear enough throughout most of her performance.

Some cultural percussion thing. Combining all the drum elements of most of the races in Malaysia.

I took videos of the entrance of the players. Was pretty cool. I'll upload it if I have the time la.

When the match started, there were plenty of empty seats below, so the crew allowed us to go further down for a better view of the matches.

Bjorn Borg and Johnny Mac. Borg has a very unique backhand; Especially when he's lining it up for a shot.

The classic Federer serve stance.

I have almost the entire match between Fed and Blake on video. In my honest opinion, I think Blake was the better performer that night. Fed looked a little out of his element, perhaps still carrying the injury he suffered from the Shanghai Masters, but still managed to get in a few amazing shots la.

And James Blake has one of the craziest forehand I've ever seen. He also did a between the legs shot and a dunk smash. The backhand overhead was also used by all the players I think.

And he's cute and has a sexy butt (according to Rubee; Check her blog for her update on it, very good pics) and some people in the crowd even shouted "C'mon Sexy" and "Handsome". And most of that came from guys. O.o

John McEnroe doing what he's famous for. Volleying.

The final match of the evening featured Team USA (Blake and McEnroe) versus Team Europe (Fed and Borg). If I'm not mistaken Team USA managed to break Borg's serve on every occasion. Ouch.

The Federer serve. 1

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3

One for the album.

My most prized possession? I mean c'mon man, this guy's a legend and he spoke to me! (To apologise when he couldn't sign my tennis balls).

Okay, I better stop before I sound like some fanatic.

Or am I?