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Gruelling weekend ;-)

Kim Clijsters outplayed Mary Pierce in every aspect at the US Open Championships. The belgian showed remarkable poise and claimed her first grand slam title. Both Pierce and Clijsters spoke well afterwards during the awards ceremony. JP Morgan Chase president .. who droned on for quite a while was booed by the crowd.

Agassi was clearly the crowd favourite in the men's final, but after playing valiantly failed to overcome the whirlwind that is Federer.

What has been notable during this open is the resurgence of 2 shall we say .. veterans of international tennis .. Mary Pierce, 30 and Andre Agassi, 35.

Meanwhile, in Belgium itself, the F1 race was pretty exciting. McLaren would have been ecstatic at getting their first 1-2 finish in .. oh-so-many years. But Montoya crashed with just 3 laps remaining in the race and the race finished with Kimi Raikkonen being 1st and Fernando Alonso (who else) coming in 2nd. Had Montoya lasted the last 3 laps - then the GP would have been real exciting. Not only did McLaren lose out on very valuable constructors points, but in the driver points .. Alonso claimed a bunch more too. Now it looks like just a matter of when Alonso will become the youngest Formula 1 champion ever. I am hoping for a McLaren 1st in the constructors though.

While my interest in cricket seems to be deteriorating by the week, both Australian openers .. Langer and Hayden notched up centiries. Australia needed to win this test in order to level the series 2-2 and hold off an imminent Englad victory. However despite spririted bowling by Warne, England managed to hold off the Aussies and secure a long awaited Ashes victory!