Djokovic wins!

As newly anointed fans of professional tennis (since last week), we attended yesterday's Shanghai Rolex Masters finals and watched a thrilling showdown between two-time defending champion Andy Murray and world #2 Novak Djokovic.  

First, there was a bit of lounging in some tennis balls at the Heineken booth: 

And yes, those are Northrop Grumman Ethics koozies for our Heinekens.

Then, there was the doubles finals. Three out of four were representing India (which I found interesting), and the match was exciting in its own right with the winning team (Paes/Stepanek) coming back after losing the opening set. 

And then there was Murray vs. Djokovic. It was an awesome matchup, with both players putting up a strong fight. Murray had taken the first set, but missed several match points and the opportunity to take the win. Djokovic was relentless and just wouldn't let him do it. I loved watching the passion of these two and found tennis to be quite different from watching basketball or football or any other team sport. Alone on the court, the player has no one to blame but himself for his missteps, and the intensity of the sport, the effort put forth is all on him. Needless to say, there were a couple of broken rackets and a lot of cursing at oneself at last night's match :).