Aus open final

bogbrush wrote:Praying we hear “and I hope to see you all again next year”

Mhmm.... We did not get it but rather he all teared up.

So no more see you next year, got to be the final year this 2018.

bogbrush wrote:Praying we hear “and I hope to see you all again next year”

Mhmm.... We did not get it but rather he all teared up.

gallery play wrote:Any Fed fans still dry eyes?

naah, don't fool yourself

I blame the onions I am dicing 

Thta's Roger....all this pressure being release through tears....win or lose.

Jahu wrote:Me a bit wet...

I am not even going to ask...

Great he won.....but woudl have been better v Nadal or Djoko.

legendkillar wrote:

Jahu wrote:Me a bit wet...

I am not even going to ask...

Back to bed, need to get some late sleep. But it was well worth getting up for.

legendkillar wrote:

Jahu wrote:Me a bit wet...

I am not even going to ask...

Get out of the kitchen before you hurt yourself 

THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL!!!

summerblues wrote:Back to bed, need to get some late sleep.  But it was well worth getting up for.

Have a good one SB, you can sleep relaxed 

I think with Djokovic in trouble he sees the opportunity to take this away to the stratosphere. He also knows that his life’s achievement is still vulnerable to Nadal.

It would only be the family that makes him stop abd there’s no sign of that, the girls don’t need to travel and he picks & chooses.

Now that this is over

Win Wimbledon for #21 Fed 

Jahu wrote:

legendkillar wrote:

Jahu wrote:Me a bit wet...

I am not even going to ask...

Get out of the kitchen before you hurt yourself 

I'd wager the utensil in your hand is sharper than mine 

WE BEL20VED!!!

summerblues wrote:

bogbrush wrote:Praying we hear “and I hope to see you all again next year”

Mhmm.... We did not get it but rather he all teared up.

Maybe that was the reason he teared up...realizing this was a goodbye

AceofDeath wrote:Now that this is over

Win Wimbledon for #21 Fed 

Yeah, and bypass the mud season.

gallery play wrote:

summerblues wrote:

bogbrush wrote:Praying we hear “and I hope to see you all again next year”

Mhmm.... We did not get it but rather he all teared up.

Maybe that was the reason he teared up...realizing this was a goodbye

Perhaps, but we have drive ourselves crazy speculating.

There’s really no evidence one way or another.

We’ll know if he hasn’t said it anywhere until Wimbledon.

bogbrush wrote:

gallery play wrote:

summerblues wrote:

bogbrush wrote:Praying we hear “and I hope to see you all again next year”

Mhmm.... We did not get it but rather he all teared up.

Maybe that was the reason he teared up...realizing this was a goodbye

Perhaps, but we have drive ourselves crazy speculating.

There’s really no evidence one way or another.

I doubt he would announce until post USO. No-one would want that pressure round their neck entering each match with the "this could be the last match at..."

legendkillar wrote:

Jahu wrote:

legendkillar wrote:

Jahu wrote:Me a bit wet...

I am not even going to ask...

Get out of the kitchen before you hurt yourself 

I'd wager the utensil in your hand is sharper than mine 

Behave your self you medicinal git, why you so dirty, you outdoing me 

OH you two :P

legendkillar wrote:

bogbrush wrote:

gallery play wrote:

summerblues wrote:

bogbrush wrote:Praying we hear “and I hope to see you all again next year”

Mhmm.... We did not get it but rather he all teared up.

Maybe that was the reason he teared up...realizing this was a goodbye

Perhaps, but we have drive ourselves crazy speculating.

There’s really no evidence one way or another.

I doubt he would announce until post USO. No-one would want that pressure round their neck entering each match with the "this could be the last match at..."

Indeed. I mean if we hear even a single “see you next year” then we’re safe.

bogbrush wrote:

AceofDeath wrote:Now that this is over

Win Wimbledon for #21 Fed 

Yeah, and bypass the mud season.

No reason to play if it hurts his chances of defending his title.

The french press will probably put all the pressure on him to play it though.

Mats Wilander: "If i would be a TD i would have served Federer faster courts, so that he'll go on for another 3 years"

Jahu wrote:

legendkillar wrote:

Jahu wrote:

legendkillar wrote:

Jahu wrote:Me a bit wet...

I am not even going to ask...

Get out of the kitchen before you hurt yourself 

I'd wager the utensil in your hand is sharper than mine 

Behave your self you medicinal git, why you so dirty, you outdoing me 

I can say with certainty my hands are clean when typing. I am not sure you can 

Jahu wrote:Roger Federer is 155 ranking points behind Rafael Nadal. He’ll return to world No1 on 5 March if Nadal fails to make it to the Acapulco semi-finals.

I can see it now.

Nadal wins the Acapulco QF and gives a walkover to his SF opponent just to stay #1.

bogbrush wrote:

legendkillar wrote:

bogbrush wrote:

gallery play wrote:

summerblues wrote:

bogbrush wrote:Praying we hear “and I hope to see you all again next year”

Mhmm.... We did not get it but rather he all teared up.

Maybe that was the reason he teared up...realizing this was a goodbye

Perhaps, but we have drive ourselves crazy speculating.

There’s really no evidence one way or another.

I doubt he would announce until post USO. No-one would want that pressure round their neck entering each match with the "this could be the last match at..."

Indeed. I mean if we hear even a single “see you next year” then we’re safe.

We wait with baited breath until Wimbledon

Jahu wrote:Roger Federer is 155 ranking points behind Rafael Nadal. He’ll return to world No1 on 5 March if Nadal fails to make it to the Acapulco semi-finals.

It’s in Feds hands though with Dubai.

LK, you are in a new of some fluid expulsion it seems 

Greg with a rare nugget of sensibility:

"Who are Federer's rivals now"

Very good question

He playing dubai? Yeha he has, his spare home.

Jahu wrote:LK, you are in a new of some fluid expulsion it seems 

I am not borrowing your tipex!

US$115,129,322 so far.


Rolex just rolled $2M (guessing 5M in total from his sponsors) to him for this win, straight from the mouth of my swiss friend 

"When you kill him you need to be sure he's dead." - Goran on Federer XD

legendkillar wrote:

Jahu wrote:LK, you are in a need of some fluid expulsion it seems 

I am not borrowing your tipex!

Corrected, yeah don't, tipex is a bit thin 

I dont see Fed on Dubai list, guess see how he feels for it.

legendkillar wrote:Greg with a rare nugget of sensibility:

"Who are Federer's rivals now"

Very good question

Really, it’s the back. I believe if he hadn’t picked that up in Cincinatti this would have been #21. He’s dumped clay (thankfully) so he’ll go into any match as favourite, if fit.

Cilic has enhanced his standing but the field is open.

Jahu wrote:I dont see Fed on Dubai list, guess see how he feels for it.

He usually plays there, did last year.

I think they keep a seat warm for him. He needs to go because otherwise he’ll blow his last chance for #1 abd it’s not like has has to do much, just win a couple of early rounds.

luvsports! wrote:"When you kill him you need to be sure he's dead." - Goran on Federer XD

yep..he certainly looked dead for a while in that 4th set.

The field in Dubai looks weak but then he lost to donskoy there

My son is born in 2003, he can't understand what the fuss of Federer winning another slam. To him it comes as natural as the sun coming up every day..

gallery play wrote:My son is born in 2003, he can't understand what the fuss of Federer winning another slam. To him it comes as natural as the sun coming up every day..

Yeah, isn’t that just what happens in tennis?

My youngest was born in 1997 so he also has no concept of the sport without Federer.

All true, i mean Federer is the tennis.

bogbrush wrote:

legendkillar wrote:Greg with a rare nugget of sensibility:

"Who are Federer's rivals now"

Very good question

Really, it’s the back. I believe if he hadn’t picked that up in Cincinatti this would have been #21. He’s dumped clay (thankfully) so he’ll go into any match as favourite, if fit.

Cilic has enhanced his standing but the field is open.

I think it was a good question given I think it's a wider field towards the back end of tournaments rather than before when you could name the 3/4 semi finalists.

Intriguing year ahead

bogbrush wrote:

gallery play wrote:My son is born in 2003, he can't understand what the fuss of Federer winning another slam. To him it comes as natural as the sun coming up every day..

Yeah, isn’t that just what happens in tennis?

My youngest was born in 1997 so he also has no concept of the sport without Federer.

ha ha.. well said guys.. 

My only daughter is 10 months old now. And I'm thinking she too might see Fed win a slam.

Back from church, saw the presentation.

So beautiful and sad at the same time.

And can I as a fan also thank the Aussie crowd for being so laid-back, fair, relaxed and generous.

For creating the sweet enviroment for playing this match, a “celebration of tennis” with all it means.

And what to say of Roger.

The emotion is again locked in the heart.
The river of pain and joy in those tears sobbed in ecstasy like in Verlaine’s Claire de Lune:

Votre âme est un paysage choisi
Que vont charmant masques et bergamasques
Jouant du luth et dansant et quasi
Tristes sous leurs déguisements fantasques.

Tout en chantant sur le mode mineur
L'amour vainqueur et la vie opportune
Ils n'ont pas l'air de croire à leur bonheur
Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune,

Au calme clair de lune triste et beau,
Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres
Et sangloter d'extase les jets d'eau,
Les grands jets d'eau sveltes parmi les marbres.



(English translation)

Your soul is a delicate landscape

Where roam charming masks and bergamasques

Playing the lute and dancing and seeming almost

Sad under their whimsical disguises.

While singing in a minor key

Of victorious love and easy life

They don't seem to believe in their happiness

And their song mingles with the moonlight,

With the sad and beautiful moonlight,

Which makes the birds in the trees dream

And sob with ecstasy the water streams,

The great slim water streams among the marbles.

Just what I was thinking