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The Sod has been downed 6-1, 7-6(1), 6-4 by Roger Federer, who becomes Roland Garros Champion of 2009. I cannot for a moment comprehend why I thought I could survive the two weeks without tennis.
The wait has been too long. Four years, a semifinal, three times runner up. Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for the one and only: Roger Federer. History has been made.
I am having some incredibly lucky tips so far. My round 9 tips for AFL went 7 out of 8. Surprisingly, or maybe not, it was the reigning premiers who prevented a perfect 8 for 8. Hawthorn went down 40 points to the Crows. While my initial tip was for the Crows, I had a change of heart at the last minute to put my faith in Buddy Franklin. Well that’s not happening again.
If you had told me 10 days ago that I would get two of my quarterfinal tips wrong, I would laugh and say ‘only two?’. But most importantly, I would have personally guaranteed I would not get Nadal and Djokovic wrong. How quickly things change in tennis. Rafa the invincible, Rafa the clay monster, Rafa the new GOAT candidate, was also the same Rafa who lost to Robin Soderling in the fourth round of the French Open. (You can’t miss that hot pink shirt anywhere.) Less than 24 hours later, Federer found himself down two sets to love. Not a great place to be as Fedtard. Of course, he eventually came through in five sets. To quote Wertheim: “who is scripting this event anyway?”.
(I don’t know why I bother with the “tennis bans”. It’s not like dootsiez ever lets me go through with them …)
as a professional footy tipper.
Results:
Geelong d Bulldogs by 2 points
North Melbourne d Freemantle by 13 points
Adelaide d Carlton by 44 points
Collingwood d West Coast by 22 points
Essendon d Richmond by 40 points
Sydney d Port by 55 points
St Kilda d Brisbane by 16 points
Hawks d Melbourne by 22 points
Not only is that 6 out of 8 tips right, I was also within a few points for the winning margin for THREE games! WOOT! (And Geelong could have won by a much larger margin given that they were leading by 37 points at one point.) I am so much better at this than fantasy tennis. Maybe I’m just too emotionally involved in tennis players to be objective about it all?
In other news, swine flu seems to have officially broken out in Australia, with Victoria leading the pack with 9 confirmed cases so far. Footy stars do not seem to be immune to possible exposure: here.
Roland Garros started last night and I still have yet to check any scores. Except for those tweeted by dootsiez. Clearly I’m just channeling my frustration into AFL, which serves me fine considering the team I’m barracking for has yet to lose a game this season.
Random trivia: a friend of mine has the same birthday as Gary Ablett Jr, and her boyfriend shares a birthday with Roger Federer. FREAKY?
