adieu schumacher !!!

Yesterday was a day of lots of happenings. Till now, we’ve been used to remembering only 9/11, but now, may be one might also want to remember 9/10. The day saw the retirement of two legendaries, each belonging to a different field and victories of some famous people. Michael Schumacher announced his retirement from formula one, and Martina Navratilova from tennis. The latter might not be a matter of great concern for many but to me, the retirement decision of Schumi comes as a grave shock! I loved his racing! Truly, I have never seen the level of competence that he exhibits in any other formula one driver. He has carved a niche for himself in formula one and this is for sure. His career records say it all! He has a stunning 90 formula one victories to his credit. He has been a 7-time world champion and he is in the race for the 8th one. Every time I watch the race, I look for Schumi’s position and feel disappointed if he isn’t doing well or if he gets out of the race for any reason. But now, formula one will surely look a lot different without the great Schumacher! I know, many people now-a-days favour Alonso more than they do Schumacher, I agree, Alonso is a good driver but just close your eyes for a moment and think of the great legend. What a great personality he is! May be the figure ‘90’ is a small one, but when it gets the weightage of a formula one victory, it’s a biggie!! The journey hasn’t been so easy and most importantly, no body has ever achieved this feat before! So, one would have to agree when I say that Michael Schumacher will be the “all time great driver” of formula one. Well, it’s a good decision to retire at this juncture that schumi has taken, its always good to bid adieu at a stage when you are performing good and feel that you no longer can maintain the same level of competence as you are doing now. The decision also gets weight because of the fact that Schumi has considered the future of his team-mate Felipe Massa in making his decision. Now, all that I hope is that he finishes it off in style. I want him to win the 8th championship as well. Hats-Off Michael !!!

The other famous victories of the day included Sharapova’s in women’s singles of the US open and Leander Paes’ in the Men’s Doubles event. It was paes’ fourth carrer title. By the way, have you seen the day’s newspaper?? Do see, it looks amazingly colourful and interesting. One would surely not want to miss out on reading it after one sees that there are so many interesting things. So, are these things worthy enough of making 9/10 a date to be remembered?? What do you have to say about it?? Please post your comments and let me know..

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