Roger Federer
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
The French Open (Roland Garros) started on Sunday and will continue for 15 days. The question here for the avid and not so avid tennis fan in central Europe is simple: Are you Nadal or Federer?
For those of you out of the tennis loop, Raphael Nadal is the mega-bicepped Spanish clay-court specialist who has won this Grand Slam tournament the last two years. He had won 81 straight matches on “terre battue” (clay) before the number-one-in-the-world, Roger Federer, took him down two weeks ago… The first time the Swiss (did I mention Federer is Swiss?) had ever beaten the Spaniard on clay.
Tension runs high here as Son 2 and Daughter root for Roger who’s won every other Major but Roland Garros. He has a huge following not only because he’s good, but he’s just so… NICE! But during matches, I can hardly stay in the room when the points are important. It’s as tense as an episode of Gilligan’s Island.
Since both Roddick and Blake are already out, why not noisily applaud or encourage Roger? My kids would appreciate it. And if you cheer in English, that’s okay. The champ’s trilingual.
For those of you out of the tennis loop, Raphael Nadal is the mega-bicepped Spanish clay-court specialist who has won this Grand Slam tournament the last two years. He had won 81 straight matches on “terre battue” (clay) before the number-one-in-the-world, Roger Federer, took him down two weeks ago… The first time the Swiss (did I mention Federer is Swiss?) had ever beaten the Spaniard on clay.
Tension runs high here as Son 2 and Daughter root for Roger who’s won every other Major but Roland Garros. He has a huge following not only because he’s good, but he’s just so… NICE! But during matches, I can hardly stay in the room when the points are important. It’s as tense as an episode of Gilligan’s Island.
Since both Roddick and Blake are already out, why not noisily applaud or encourage Roger? My kids would appreciate it. And if you cheer in English, that’s okay. The champ’s trilingual.
