Because I know you’re all on pins and needles: Chanda had no problem in the second round, 6-2, 6-4 over the intriguingly voweled Denisa Chladkova.

Actually, the path for Chanda just got a little clearer, since the 18 seed Francesca Schiavone lost to Elena Likhovtseva. So it’s Likhovtseva, then the deadly mistress of the night, Anastasia Myskina. She has talons instead of hands and laser vision that can alter a tennis ball’s molecular structure and make it bounce the way she wants it to. That’s what I hear, at least.

By the way, I’d like to thank Katie for her honesty the other day, when she said something to the effect of “Can you tell me when Chanda loses so I can know when to start reading crabwalk.com again?” Except she pronounced it “Shandra,” which is so wrong. (For the record, it’s pronounced just like it looks — CHAN [a la Jackie Chan] da.)

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22 January | 17:59 | kim

Well, I'd like to thank Katie, too. Otherwise I would have mispronounced her name in my head for the rest of eternity (or at least as long as I keep reading crabwalk).

23 January | 14:45 | jeremy

katie said I should beat you up now. I told her i don't beat up cajuns, 'cause cajuns are CRAZY!

and I want to be invited to the crawfish boil you always taunt us non-cajun food lovers with.

23 January | 14:50 | josh

dude, you're right -- both about the cajuns being CRAZY and the crawfish boil. it's still not good crawfish season (they're still small), but i think i'll definitely do that in the spring sometime.

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