Quotable Quotes: Ultrasonic SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Fedadorers, this interview with Times (UK) deserves our communal worship. Alternatively, we can use our uber high-pitched squees to scan pregnant ladies. 
 
My favourite part? The good news for us of course! 
 
Ivan Lendl never won another Grand Slam after he became a father. And you’ve already lost one [the US Open] against Del Potro since the [...]

MRF/CRF: Good to know the Swiss tabloids aren’t doing nothing.

Roger, do me a favour and release some baby pictures, cos the tabloids in your country are hopelessly respectful of your privacy and THIS is the best they can do. 
 

 
Meanwhile, let us SQUEEEEEEE over those bundles of joy. 

Federporn Fridays: the Marat Safin Special.

Tis a love story for the ages I tell ya. Images after the jump.
 

Communal commiseration.

Usually I’m first to say ”FUCK YOU ROGER FEDERER! Get out of Shankville”. But you know what? I can’t even say that. When Federer loses, people – even Federer fans (or especially Federer fans) – jump to the conclusion that he lost playing like shit.
But Benneteau actually won this one, and he won it with some [...]

Passing Thoughts: post hoc, ergo propter hoc.

Hello there! 
Excuse the intermittent blogging of late, I have 4 exams coming up in the next 6 days. Part of the deal with being a student is that you party, play, drink and procrastinate for the majority of the year, then comes every November, when life is a hell-hole and one that’s kicking your ass.
Never [...]

Basel: Don’t talk to me. I need to be alone with my misery.

SOOOOOOOO …
Roger was flat in the 3rd set.
It was one of those shanktastic days.
Fed was wasting his break points (2/11. what else is new?).
Nole deserves credit for hanging in there.
Roger would’ve won against a lot of players playing the way he did today.
He defended well, moved well, but left his offense game with Myla.
It wasn’t [...]

Basel: You have my permission to FRAZZLE.

If you were Novak Djokovic: you’ve played two bad matches, two good ones. You’ve posted good results all year, but with a terrible record in finals. And now you are presented with an opportunity to take out Roger Federer in Roger Federer Stadium, in front of his home crowd, right before the last Masters Series tournament [...]

Quotable Quotes: Let’s all die of cute. NOW.

 
Roger’s through to the semifinal of Basel to face his childhood friend Marco Chiudinelli, which reminded me of this great excerpt from Rene Stauffer’s biography of Roger, “the Quest for Perfection”.
 
After training, the two boys [Roger and Marco] sometimes played squash with their tennis racquets and played table tennis and soccer against each other. Their [...]

Federporn Fridays: Christmas has come early…

Here’s your high intensity dose of Federporn for the week, thanks to Nadine from RF.com from the photo. 
 

 
I’ve decided that Federporn Fridays is here to say, 1) I like alliterations. 2) I’ll need the amusement during the offseason, 3) Who’s complainin’? Take it as an early Christmas present.
 

 
Yeah, people have too much [...]

Tennis Fashion: Beneath our radiant Southern Cross

Roger’s AO jacket
 

 
Rafa’s AO jacket
 

 
For folks in the lesser half of the world known as the Northern Hemisphere, the stars symbolise the Southern Cross, the constellation on Australia’s flag, or what was formerly known as “Spencer Street train station”.
If you’re Australian and did not recognise the stars or the song that this post title came [...]