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Yes! Rafa just won gold!

Good match with Gonzalez though, who didn't want to lose easily and hit some massive shots. But, Fernando, you should never have worn those black underpants under white shorts. What were you thinking? The tennis gods ruled against you.

At one point, the commentators reported that Rafa shouted come on to himself in English, rather than vamos. "It's the first time he's ever done that," one mused. "It's usually 'vamos'."

"Roger Federer said exactly the same thing last night," the other said, wonderingly, like there might be some mystical link.

I heart commentators.

Date: 2008-08-17 09:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] louiselux.livejournal.com
Yay! *twirls you round*

The vamos v come on thing-- I hadn't really noticed, due to watching tennis often on poor quality live streams. I must say, the BBC commentators don't have that excuse. Hehe.

Date: 2008-08-18 09:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] niennah.livejournal.com
The most interesting thing is that [livejournal.com profile] best_of_five and I have seen Rogi say "vamos". It's pretty obviously "vamos" not "come on" because of the V at the start. My conclusion is that so much smex has made them osmote self-motivational phrases.

Date: 2008-08-19 01:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] louiselux.livejournal.com
Even the idea of Roger saying vamos blows my mind. He really does? Wow. Maybe he's thinking 'if it works for Rafa... '

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