THE FINAL FOUR

Rafa Nadal vs. Andy Murray
Roger Federer vs. Novak Djokovic

Nadal tries to reach his 6th French Final on his 25th birthday.
Murray tries to spoil it all for Rafa.

Djokovic tries to reach #1 in the world for the first time and continue his win streak.
Federer tries to spoil it all for Nole.

The only thing that can ruin a day like this is NBC.  Because the network does not like to preempt The Today Show under any circumstance, here on the West Coast we get the French Open Men's Semifinal on tape delay.  And... we only get one match in a 3-hour window.  All tournament long, The Tennis Channel and ESPN2 have been providing wall-to-wall live coverage from Roland Garros.  But here we are at The Final Four of the French, and we only get one of the two matches, and it's on tape.  Lame.  Truly lame.  The Tennis Channel is replaying both semis immediately after NBC's coverage is over.  I think.  NBC is scheduled to show tennis from 11am-2pm and the Tennis Channel from 2pm-9pm.  But what if the one semifinal match NBC shows is an epic five-hour five-setter?  Does the Tennis Channel have to hold it's replay?  Is it possible they could both be showing the same match at the same time?  Either way, it really won't matter to me.  I'll be at work by then and there's really no way I'm going to be able to avoid seeing the results until I get home in the evening.  So, big thanks for effing up my favorite day of the French Open.  Merci beaucoup, NBC.

On my personal wish list, first and foremost, I want to see amazing tennis with all four men playing at the highest level.  I'd like to see Novak beat Roger.  I'd like to see Rafael beat Andy.  And, of course, I want to see Nadal beat Djokovic in the final on Sunday.  Thus, Nole would be the new #1 but Rafa would still be the King of Clay.

Feliz Cumpleanos, Rafa!  Vamos!

UPDATE:  The Tennis Channel is playing the Nadal-Murray match live this morning!  Thus, I say in a non-sarcastic way... Merci beaucoup, Tennis Channel.