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July 17th, 2017 at 00:29
All Hail The King! Long Live The King!
July 17th, 2017 at 23:31
Last year I was in a just-happy-to-still-see-Roger-playing mode.
And now we’re here.
July 18th, 2017 at 10:30
Poli: It’s been 16 years and I’ve used up all my adjectives.
It feels like 2005.
July 18th, 2017 at 18:57
@jessicazafra: do you remember what in Roger Federer that drew you to him? That put you in this emotional fandom that I seem to have for him? I was a latecomer to the kingdom… it began when he bawled and bawled and bawled in front of Rod Laver when he won the Australian Open (2006?!).
July 18th, 2017 at 20:56
details maybe later: Wimbledon 4th round, 2001, where he calmly dismantled the reigning champion Sampras and then cried. Was impressed by the shotmaking rather than the looks, as he had a terrible ponytail and spotty skin, and his shirt was too big.
Have always rooted for the emotional weirdos who go to the net (McEnroe, Ivanisevic, Federer).
July 21st, 2017 at 20:04
His first match I saw on TV was against Ferrero, in the third round of the 2000 US Open. Federer lost (Ferrero was already a player then, I believe), but I decided to support him anyway because he’s Swiss, like my other favorite player, Hingis.
But it was the Sampras match in Wimbledon the following year that really turned me into a fan. It was also the match that had me bugging my father to buy me a puka shell necklace.
July 23rd, 2017 at 12:29
Poli: Before 2001 he was a brat who competed with Safin at racquet-breaking tantrums.