Last Saturday I sat down with Josh, now 19, who was already anxious about his upcoming finals week at college, for another lengthy conversation.
The Norwegian, who has now won nine globes during his career, boasted a 58-point advantage over defending champion Klaus Kroll of Austria going into Finals week.
The only time I ever saw Chris lose his temper was when we were sharing a double room our last year, and some less enlightened brothers decided to make a bunch of noise late at night during finals week.
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The Robins will have another chance to advance when they play in the preliminary semi-finals next week.
Dokic was also pleased with her performance after losing to Lindsay Davenport in the Bank of the West Classic quarter-finals last week.
Northern Ireland, who also narrowly missed out on qualification for the Euro 2008 finals last week, face Slovakia, Slovenia and San Marino as well as Czech republic and Poland.
The 30-year-old currently lies seventh in the Champions Race, with only the top seven to qualify, but he can guarantee himself a place by reaching the Paris Masters quarter-finals next week.
Benin, who will be making their second Nations Cup finals appearance, last week replaced coach Wabi Gomez with German Reinhard Fabsich.
Ljubicic, who upset Britain's Andy Murray on his way to the semi-finals in Beijing last week, proved far less of an obstacle to Djokovic who always had control of the contest.
Tucson, Arizona (CNN) -- It's the week before finals at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and all over campus, students are hunched over books and laptops under the shelter of immense palm trees and sprawled out on the cement benches lining the campus' long, grassy mall, the anticipation palpable.
Today I did lose serve for the first time this week, but finals are tough to play.
The semi-finals are over and all week the city has been heaving - with people, with energy, excitement and anticipation.
John Deasy, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, said the new calendar lets students wrap up finals before the three-week winter break and gives high-school students more time to complete college applications.
The Fed Cup World Group finals caps their year a week later, while for the men it's the Davis Cup final in the first week of December and a short rest before it all starts again.
The Fed Cup World Group finals caps their year a week later, while for the men it is the Davis Cup final in the first week of December and a short rest before it all starts again.
Roddick reached the quarter-finals of the Japan Open last week - his first tournament since a disappointing second-round exit at the US Open.
After Paris, the top eight ranked men's and doubles players head to their ATP World Tour Finals in London in the last week of November.
The visitors, who meet St Johnstone in the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup next week, were dealt an injury blow when winger Chris Humphrey had to be replaced by Jamie Murphy.
She is also still in with a chance of clinching the downhill title at next week's World Cup finals.
As for the World Championships, the games missed this weekend are going to be played this week sometime ahead of the finals, though no specifics of dates and times have been given yet.
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Florida matches up with UCLA in next week's national semi-finals in Atlanta, while Ohio State will meet Georgetown victor.
"I played almost perfect, " said Kournikova, who reached the quarter-finals of the Bank of the West Classic last week.
Head coach Paul Hull echoed his skipper's sentiments after seeing off the Scottish visitors a week after beating Melrose in the quarter-finals.
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But Young refused to get carried away and said now all the region's attentions would be concentrated on getting a result against Bath next week and making it into the EDF semi-finals.
Guildford, who won the BBL Cup in January in only their second season in the league, will host London again in a week's time in the play-off quarter-finals.
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The final crowned a memorable week for Argentine tennis, who had four players in the semi-finals - the first time in a Masters series tournament that all the players in the last four were from the same country.
England and Croatia were then drawn again in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, and meet at Wembley next week in a match which could possibly confirm England's place at the finals.
Federer, under pressure from Novak Djokovic for the top spot in the rankings, later withdrew from the Paris Masters this week where he is defending champion to rest up ahead of the ATP Tour Finals in London.
It gives England a chance to avenge last week's defeat by Croatia which eliminated them from next summer's Euro 2008 finals in Austria and Switzerland.
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