I laughed even harder at this Nike commercial which someone posted on YouTube. And it features a cute ___--well, I'm not spoiling things so you better watch it yourself--whom I've never considered cute at all. Federer is ever so much more good-looking. Ha ha ha... [Oh, my mom's gonna kill me for this.]
I had a good laugh when I saw this ad which was aired by NBC right after match point at the Roland Garros men's finals last Sunday. It's obvious they taped this some time ago in anticipation of the great event. I hope they didn't have to wait too long to finally run it on television.
I was watching CNN International's World Sport: Best of 2007 earlier this evening and, surprise! Federer's amazing between-the-legs shot during his match against Bracialli in the early rounds of Dubai Duty Free Open earlier this year was shown. CNN International had just named it World Sport's Play of the Year! Another perfectly wonderful way to end the year. All bow down to King Roger the Great!
Here's a hilarious video of a few ATP tennis stars singing (or at least trying to sing) Jingle Bells. Be sure to watch it til the end!
Roger Federer took some time out during his exhibition series with Pete Sampras to talk with CNN International's Anjali Rao on Talk Asia over the weekend.
In case you missed it (I watched the original airing and nearly all the replays because I kept getting called away from the tv), there is a transcript of the interview over at CNN's website. Another blog on Federer has also compiled the videos of the interview as well.
Despite being the second-best player on clay, Federer still makes a striking figure in clay as a terracotta warrior!
This is of course nothing but one of the promotions for the Tennis Masters Cup where a terracotta warrior depicting each of the top eight players participating in the tournament is being created.
Hear ye! Hear ye! Our King Roger the Great has been in another photo shoot by renowned photographer Annie Liebovitz and this time it's for Disney's "Year of a Million Dreams" promotion.
In a photo (detail shown at left) aptly entitled "When You're Always King of the Court", Roger looking every inch a dashing knight in shining armor--and a flowing red cape to boot!--poses as the legendary King Arthur as he pulls the sword from the stone. The backdrop was said to have been taken at Tintagel Castle at Cornwall, England, purportedly the birthplace of King Arthur.
The photo is just one in a series that was commissioned by Disney to feature various international celebrities--such as singer Julie Andrews--in fairy tale settings.
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Don't you think that if the photo were cropped as shown, it would look just perfect in a gilt frame hung on a castle wall?
Photo credit: Annie Liebovitz/Disney/PA
After a rather shaky start at his hometown tournament, Roger stamped his authority with a quick 58-minute 6-1 6-4 win over young Argentine Juan Martin del Potro to move into the semifinals of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors.
Although I didn't get to watch the match itself (no coverage at all of this minor tournament at my favorite cable sports channel), it was clear that the top seed was back into his winning ways raising his game when needed, to the obvious delight of the home crowd in Basel.
However, it seems that the highlight of that event came during the post-match interview throughout which Federer was practically rendered speechless by a fit of giggles after giving a naughty answer to an question posed by his interviewer.
For my part, I was laughing throughout that interview the first time I watched it even if I couldn't understand a word that was being said; Federer has such a funny infectious laugh. Thankfully somebody provided a rough translation so that I eventually found out what the big joke was all about.
This is a bit late but I thought I'd post a video of the new Gillette commercial featuring Roger together with Tiger Woods and Henry Thierry.
Here's a new Nike advertisement which starts off with beautiful flashbacks of the tennis champion's career and ends with a cheeky message from the golf champion to his good friend. After all, isn't that what friends are for?
Sigh. I must have been too tired from yesterday to wake up for today's 4am delayed telecast of Federer/Ferrer quarterfinal match at Monte Carlo. Good thing somebody's posted about four minutes worth of highlights of the match on YouTube. Still, there's nothing like watching the entire match. And besides, it's hard to spot the ball in the tiny video and especially against the red clay; it's difficult even when viewing the video full screen since the video quality just isn't good enough.
Anyway, there's also the post-match interview Federer gave where he recalls his very first ATP career match win and corresponding earnings (geesh, what a memory). He seems at least satisfied with this 500th win--which also brings his career earnings above US$30 million--although he didn't look exactly that ecstatic at matchpoint on the video.
A resurgent Juan Carlos Ferrero, who came back from behind to defeat Richard Gasquet 5-7 7-5 6-2, will be the next player to attempt to prevent Federer from reaching the Monte Carlo finals for the second straight time. The other semifinals match pits defending champion Rafael Nadal against nemesis Tomas Berdych. Since Nadal has lost to Berdych in all three meetings they have had so far--all on hard court though--this is certainly an interesting and exciting match-up.
It looks like Roger is on his way to a fourth title in Dubai and a second title this year. He's defeated Bracciali in straight sets 7-5 6-3 extending his winning streak to 38 matches. Plus he's added to his growing portfolio of amazing shots (reminiscent of another great shot he made also in Dubai):
Federer literally brought Bracciali to his knees in the second set after hitting a spectacular shot between his legs for a winner down the line and a 5-2 lead. As the crowd roared its approval, Bracciali knelt on one knee as Federer passed him on the way to his chair.
It was so good that CNN has named it Play of the Day! (It was funny how they called Federer a Play of the Day expert on its Sports News on CNN International.) There are also a few clips of the shot posted on YouTube. But, uh-oh! I don't think John McEnroe would like Bracciali's reaction (even if he apparently did it jokingly); he's recently complained about how the other players respect Federer too much.
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