two - roger federer is awe-some. he's the man. he's soooo cool. truly, i don't have enough superlatives to describe the incredibleness that is roger federer.
three - waking up to watch wimbledon at 6am now that i live on the west coast is hard. i didn't get up for the french open and i kicked myself b/c it would have been really really nice to watch andre hand federer the trophy. i wasn't going to get up this morning either because well, it's 6am and everyone knows how much i hate getting up early. but boy howdy how happy am i that i got my ass out of bed?! and to see pete back at wimbledon was amazing! and i can't believe he only held the record for most grand slams for 7 years. wow. i remember watching him break that record and go up in the stands and find his dad. now i'll have this memory too. what i really think is that this makes me old.
four - andy roddick. wow. you know, for the first time ever i have to say i was impressed with andy roddick. usually, i'm not a fan. actually, i can say i'm more of a fan of rafa nadal than i am of roddick. i don't know why. but today (at last?) i finally felt for the guy. everyone in the tennis world knows that federer owns him. no one was expecting a five-set thrill fest. even my brother told me that if i had to choose a final to wake up at 6am for, it should have been the williams' sisters ladies' final yesterday and not the men's final today. everyone thought fed's 15th would be a cake walk. but good for andy roddick for showing up to play and not throwing one of his temper tantrums on the court or going completely away after losing the second set (or the third even). the next time he's in a grand slam final maybe i'll actually find myself rooting for him.
five - johnny mac didn't have the word he wanted to aptly describe fed's 5 set win, 16-14 in the fifth set - but the word he wanted was EPIC - and if that one won't suffice, how about LEGENDARY - b/c seriously, the last three wimbledon men's finals have been exactly that--EPIC and LEGENDARY and all thanks to fed. being 2/3 in such matches is something i'm sure fed will take. i hope he feels epic. that would be grand.
all in all i gotta say that the nike commercial featuring tiger and jordan and serena and mcenroe was pretty cool and i gotta say that i love the "love fifteen" that was at the end of the commercial congratulating fed. that was pretty outstanding and quite the creative genius by the advertising team. alas, i must say i wonder how long fed will hold this record, b/c nadal will be nipping his heels for the next few years esp. if fed really does plan to play through at least 2012 when the olympics are in london. and that andy murray guy has got game. it's really only a matter of time before he wins wimbledon. so it won't be easy to keep racking up the slams. i will be staying glued to the set to see if he can make it 16 at the us open (and i won't, once again, rant about ESPN having the open now over USA--i've already covered that ground and my opinion of it!). congrats fed - and i'm so happy you're holding the pretty championship trophy once again!
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