Unbelievable!

[louiselux]

Rogelio won! ROGER IS STILL ROGER. Rafa said it yesterday, and Rafa is wise.

I still feel giddy. I've been rolling around in punditry all morning, in between work and staring at pictures of Roger kissing the giant silver cup. And the pictures of him rollling around on the court where you can halfway see up his shorts.

I really coud not love this fandom more. Apparently, Roger is going to Mallorca this weekend to visit Rafa attend the wedding of a friend. He said something extra special nice about Rafa too, in his post-match interview. Some unprompted gushing about his 'rival':

I mean, Rafa I always knew he was going to be a great player from the first moment I played him on. And I think Novak's done a incredible job of improving because I wasn't that impressed from Novak in the first place when I played him in Monaco. But Rafa, from the first moment, I knew he was going to be unbelievable.

Aww! Also, I could do an entire post on the oddities and trends of tennis press conference language. For tennis players, so much is 'unbelievable'. Rafa even admitted that he used the word too much. Roger says it all the time. Juan Martin Del Potro said it about fifteen times in one of his interviews. Copying the greats, clearly.

From Mandy's post match interview:

Q. Obviously you came here for the trophy. You're going away at 21 with a check for a million dollars. Does it seem slightly unreal?

ANDY MURRAY: That's about 10 pounds, isn't it?

Hahaha. I think I have to like him after all.

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I wrote a little snippet with emungere: Not bad - Roger/Rafa, male kissage

Comments

[best-of-five.livejournal.com]

the fandom hearts you back 'cos omg more fic!! ♥

yeah. sure. wedding of a friend. that's just insulting that they're making it this easy for us :D

[morebliss.livejournal.com]

That's about 10 pounds, isn't it?

Ha! That's funny. I hope he reaches number three. Just no more denying us a Fedal final, okay Mandy?

[kispexi2.livejournal.com]

Just watched a snippet of Roger crushing Murray on the lunchtime news and I have two thoughts: 1) red looks great on him 2) whoah, is he ever fit! The kind of fitness, which with those lovely firm thighs, could tranpose to *cough* other areas of life very nicely.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

I saw it on the news and I thought of you instantly! ^__^

*hugs and love* - it's nice when fandom plays along yesss!

All hail Rogelio

[kaiserkuchen.livejournal.com]

I have about seven different tabs open from different news media saying the same thing about Federer's win and how they never should have doubted him or written him off and HAH! In your faaace, the Fed is still kicking, tss nonbelievers~ (but not like the pundits can be experts on Federer like Nadal is, so :D)

Hee! His comments on Rafa are positively gushing indeed, so cuuuute and here's to some quality frolicking on the sandy beaches of Mallorca for the boys then

And Mandy(what a suprisingly adorable namesmush XD) is hilarious, I never knew!

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

ah - I was watching him on the news this morning and I was going 'oh, how pretty' to the friend who was with me (and did I mention I was about to have a job interview? *G* that's the power of pretty tennis - it makes you forget RL completely....)

[maribella008.livejournal.com]

"Juan Martin Del Potro said it about fifteen times in one of his interviews. Copying the greats, clearly."

Saw that too, did you? :D Amusing, isn't it? Delpito is definitely one to watch.

Also, think I put this in the wrong place earlier - definitely starting to like your boy.
Up to #4, no mean feat. Dry sense of humor, sexy voice. Still needs a shave and new haircut - but I'm sure at some point he'll ask Rogi for recommendations. Clearly he's falling under his spell, as we all do.

And finally, your fic with emungere?
Adorable doesn't cover it. I'm already several reads in. Lovely.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Awwww *group hugs*

They do make it way too easy. Tennis is officially the slashiest fandom ever.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I can like Mandy now, after he lost. But he'd better watch out!

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Firm thighs... Excuse me while I just have a moment.

That fitness could so transpose.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm your friendly neighbourhood tennis obsessive! :-)

*hugs*

Re: All hail Rogelio

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

There's something so comforting about reading all the punditry, over and over again in some cases.

This whole Mallorca thing is very mysterious and intriguing, I have to say.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad the power of Rogelio was enough to distract you!! Bleh, job interviews. I do hope it went okay?

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I really like Juan Martin now, after he sobbed. It was so heartfelt, poor guy.

Mandy needs to do something about the face fuzz. I'm sure he'll look back in a couple of years and cringe at it. I wonder if he's got misguided notions about wanting to be distinctive?

Thank you for your comment about the fic! Several reads in-- that is a lovely thing to know. :)

[olympia-m.livejournal.com]

oh, it was very distracting!
He's so classically handsome!!!! :):)

(and the interview went well, only I didn't get the job...)