Quotable Fluff: let the good times roll.

I was sad for a good 10 hours after the Wimbledon final for Andy Roddick, but at the end of the day, the Federer fan in me took over. And it all started to sink in: 15 slams, 6 Wimbledons, the “channel slam”, 60th title, 19 match winning streak (longest since 2007), and another chance to add to that “weeks at No 1″ tally … 

If only you could see my face, you’d want to slap off that silly grin, or project barf in my general direction, in which case I’d just hit it back for a clean forehand winner. *adje double fist-pump*

 

More things to inspire silly grins: 

 

 

Not only did Federer receive his 6th Wimbledon trophy and a big fat cheque from the AELTC, he also got the strangest gift of all: the Centre Court net from the final. What? Is the AELTC trying to invent a new tradition again by giving the winner the net? Not surprised to say the least. 

 

“A guy came and said ‘By the way, we just want to give you the net.’ I was like ‘Anything else, you know, the umpire’s chair maybe? Royal Box seats?’
Source: the Sun

 

But he’s got a few ideas of what he could do with it:

 

“I could stretch it across the room so I’ll run to the net all the time, I’ll net cord it every time I go to my room, have to jump over it. Probably one day in my chalet in Switzerland, maybe I’ll hang it against the wall or something.”

 

I wish I had a chalet in Switzerland, I’d sleep next to a log fire and eat cheese fondue every day…

 

Source: Blich

 

But here’s what I approve of – sleeping 2 hours a day. Hey, if I had to do it during the slams, why shouldn’t the Fed? 

 

After attending the Wimbledon Champions Dinner on Sunday night, Federer managed to squeeze in two hours of sleep — 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. — before rising Monday.

“Sleep is so overrated,” he said with a smile. “Then you wake up, and you’re like, ‘Man, you did it again.’”

 

Yup agree. Sleep is overrated. I raise my disgusting dishwater venti latte in your general direction, Fed. 

 

REUTERS/Eddie Keogh

 

And if you’re like me who’s wondering “what now?” for the Fed, I dare say his priorities will change this summer, it’ll be interesting to see how he adjusts his schedule and preparation in the coming months. 

 

“I definitely have to regroup after this victory and put myself in the right frame of mind for rest of the season. I want to finish the season as No.1 and stay there. I can’t just be at home for next six months. I want to travel, Mirka has said she has no problem travelling with me so we will see how possible that will all be.

“It’s good times. I am not worried that I will be like ‘what now’? – I have reached everything, there is no more point in playing, it is better just to retire.’ I am too young, too eager to really do well. Mirka wouldn’t let me. She wants to see me play and I want to be with her on the tour instead of just sitting at home. That is not life for me.”

 

And like the rest of us, Federer was scared that his wife was going to go into labour during the match, talking about the last set, he admitted: 

 

‘This is very special because of the situation with Mirka. 

In fact, she thought she was going to go into labour during the match and so did I! I will now regroup after this amazing win and people are asking what am I going to do now – and supporting Mirka is my answer.’

Source: Daily Mail

 

I have no idea how she did it, Mirka is one Iron Pregnant Lady. The topic on every Fed fan’s mind right now – the baby. Federer revealed he has been consulting a baby-name book. 

 

“You know, you look up a letter. Like, ‘P,’ for example,” Federer said, his eyes wide. “And, wow, there are so many names.”

 

P? Oooh what a tease. How about ‘Peter’, for Sampras and yer old coaches Carter and Lundgren? 

And an interesting snipped about his physical troubles earlier in the year. 

 

He discussed how back pain that sidelined him for about six weeks this season took a toll, mentally and physically, particularly limiting him when it came to chasing down opponents’ shots.

It is part of why Federer entered May without a title in 2009.

“I have no more back pain,” laughed the genial Swiss, who also reclaimed the top ranking with his Wimbledon triumph.

“I’m not scared anymore of going into the very corner of the court and digging out the ball, which I was scared of doing at times. That’s why my serve sometimes faltered, like in important moments, because I did not have enough belief that my body was holding up.

“Now I feel so much better, I can play the way I normally play. Use offence, use defence, my serve’s clicking. I know in the important moments I will take the right decisions.

“I had to play too offensive. Because the offense, you can control. The defense you cannot control. So I would play way too offensive, and against the top guys that was too risky. And that’s why I would lose,” he said. “Yeah, it’s only since, I think, before Rome (in late April) that I felt like the old guy again.”

Sourcey source: AP

 

Yes, it’s the old “Monday/Tuesday morning” problem again - you know, the one where Federer wins something, and you procrastinate your way through the day by reading every single pointless report on it. Hurrah!

 

The sun is shining, and I shall continuing to sport that silly grin,

xx doots