It won’t be the same without Nadal (sorely missed) who withdrew from the tournament due to tendinitis. All eyes will be on Federer as he cruises to the top on his favorite surface and breaks Sampras’ record by winning his 15th grand slam title. Will Murray do anything about this?

Tony Gilroy gave a great interview in “The Treatment” today. You can listen/podcast it here.

Reminiscent of Linklater’s “Tape.”

The Peach Orchard dream was like going back in time to when I was wearing kimonos and playing the biwa. Watching it was so familiar to me and yet so presently far away.

Nadal dominated Federer to the point of having double break chances in the fifth set (there are no tie-breakers in the fifth set of Wimbledon). But, he couldn’t convert and in the span of a few minutes, in what was otherwise an almost four hour match, Federer broke Nadal (the one break chance he had since the first set of the match) and went on to win his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title making him tied for the record with Björn Borg, who was in the audience.

In 2001, Sampras was in Federer’s shoes, trying to tie with Borg, but Federer beat Sampras in a five setter. Today, when the match went to a fifth set knowing that Federer had won all four prior titles in four sets was a green sign for Nadal, but Federer persevered in the one point that mattered, which is unfortunate for Nadal because he had him. All eyes will be on Federer next year because he will try to rewrite tennis history again by attempting to win six titles and Nadal will likely be his opponent.

First day kicks off with a great match between Tim Henman (way to go for the British crowd, they were really rooting him on) and Carlos Moya. The last set was full of excitement, six deuces, Henman couldn’t close the match and the game was suspended until tomorrow. Can’t wait to see who advances.

If you watch this and compare it to his mature work, you will be disappointed. I had not seen any of his short films, so I was mostly curious to see what he was up to when he began playing with a camera. I enjoyed “Six Figures Getting Sick” which is an animated painting and “Lumière.” (You can skip the dvd, if you watch this and this.)

“That’s My Dog” has been one of the scariest episodes in all of my consuming of Six Feet Under. Watching David close his eyes knowing his possible fate was unbearable.

Unseeded Serena Williams comprehensively beat Sharapova (still number one after the lost title). Ouch.

Highlights on the men’s side were Ancic and Gonzales(!). Fernando played awesome tennis, beating Hewitt, Nadal and Haas to get to the finals and actually had a strategy to dent Federer’s game. He didn’t win, but he didn’t make it easy for Federer either.

Alejandro González Iñárritu was on “The Treatment” today to talk about this film. You can listen to the interview or podcast it. ;-)