Weekend of Uncertainties

The weekend gone by will be remembered by many as one with a few uncertainties.

India were being touted as the favourites for reigning supreme on Asian Cricket but Indian team stuck to its habit of losing in finals. In the league matches they play as if there is no tomorrow and i dunno what happens to them in the finals. India has the credit of appearing in most finals and losing since 1999 (2 wins out of 22 appearances - 2 matches got rained out) ,that's not something to be proud of. Sunday's final against Sri Lanka turned out to be a one sided affair and by now you must've guessed whose side it went. Everyone was saying that Indian team is stronger than Sri Lanka n all and Sri lanka emerging the Asian Cricket Champion makes this the first uncertainty.
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This has nothing to do with 'uncertainty' thing that i am writing about but its definately worth a mention.

During the post-match presentation yesterday, Rameez Raja (RR), looking really happy (thats what he does when India loses a match), asked MS Dhoni (MSD),

RR: MS, let me give u a statistic. Since 1999 India has appeared in 22 finals and lost 17 of them. Today's match being the 18th. What do u have to say about this?

MSD: Well, we can take heart from the fact that we at least make it to the finals unlike some teams which dont even qualify.

Thats what i call, "giving it right back".
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Lets move on to tennis now. Rafael Nadal defied all odds to beat the World No 1 Roger Federer at his favourite hunting ground. It was one hell of a match that lasted 4 hrs and 48 mins. Federer, after the match was quoted as saying, "It was a disaster". I am sure it was. Federer's dream of taking the Wimbledon Title winning streak to 6 had been quashed.
Here too, everyone thought that Federer will walk home with the coveted wimbledon title but the trophy wanted to go to Spain (Nadal is a Spaniard) this time around. This was uncertainty #2.

Again in tennis, Venus Williams beat her sister Serena to take home the title. It was the seventh clash of the sisters in a Grand Slam final, but, ever since Venus won the first of those at the 2001 US Open, it had been Serena all the way in those big matches, including two previous Wimbledon finals. So uncertainty #3.

Coming to Formula One. Though i am not much of a Formula One watcher but i do check after the race to see who won. I was surprised to see Rubens Barrichello making a podium finish, his first since 2005. Man thats a long time. My surprise level was even higher coz i had thought that the Brazilian had retired. This man, who almost always got over-shadowed by his team-mate at Ferrari (no prizes for guessing here), now with Honda, used all his experience to prove that he's still got it in him. Uncertainty #4.

To movies now. This weekend saw 2 Big releases clash at the box-office. Love Story 2050 and Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na. The promos suggested that Love Story 2050, being India's first SFX movie and Harman Baweja having the perfect launch vehicle, will hit the bulls eye. But Jaane Tu.. has been raking in good reviews and seems to be winning the box-office race. This was not really an uncertainty but distributors were banking more on the success of Love Story 2050. So uncertainty #4.5 (coz it was not really an uncertainty).

Last but not the least, I had thought of taking a break from blogging for a while and here i am writing this post. I guess this can be #5.