Random tennis thoughts of the day

[louiselux]

There's a point in this compilation of adorable Rafa clips, where he says about his health: 'My body is perfect', then realised how that sounded and added, with some chagrin, 'physically speaking'. That's not a bad grasp of English, right? Talking of which, his English has really noticeably improved in the past few months.

Rafa played blindingly good tennis against Andy Roddick on Sunday, to the point where it was getting vaguely frightening. His fist pumps at the end were, to quote emungere, 'highly and bizarrely sexual'. I know fist pumps are all about penises anyway, but these really were fist pumps of total porn. There's just something about Rafa that underlies all the adorablness. Rafa really is quite fearful in his intensity, his physical directness and apparent lack of any self consciousness. Mr Lux has watched Rafa play once or twice, and his verdict is: 'One day he's going to snap and lock himself in a room and just stare at the walls, isn't he?' I do wonder.

He's just a simple boy who likes fishing, golf, continuing to crush all comers in tennis, Phantom of the Opera, diamante Marilyn Monroe art and Julio Englesias.

On a different note, much as I like seeing him having fun and being a total dork, I wish Roger would stop doing that weird thing with Wawa on the tennis court after they win. Even if it's made of HoYay, it's really beginning to creep me out for reasons I can't even explain.

Comments

[buckle-berry.livejournal.com]

i'm wondering, with rafa, if it's partly the other way around - maybe he's so chill all the rest of the time because he works through all his aggression and anger and whatever else on the tennis court? my boyfriend is a bit like that with music, really relaxed all the time because he has this outlet in making music. if he has to spend longer than about 3 days away from a guitar, he gets a bit fractious. maybe rafa is like that with the tennis.

i'm beginning to feel the same way about that rog and stan thing. it's the way wawa lies so flat on the court or...idk. but yeah. creepy.

[niennah.livejournal.com]

it's the way wawa lies so flat on the court

That's it. It's too... exposed, or something.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, maybe that is how it works with him - I didn't think of it like that. He clearly has vast amounts of energy and it makes me imagine cute scenes of young rafa and his parents being *really* glad he's sporty and has ways to tire himself out.

Ahaha! Yes yes, maybe it is the way Stan spreads himself out in such an alarming way.