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

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Hahahah! That reminds me of John Barrowman's quote that morebliss just posted: I’m in my thirties and I live with another man, I have two dogs that are groomed better than some people, my house is minimalist, and I’m in musical theatre… what other clues do you want?

Diamante-encrusted Marilyn Monroe painting? *lols*

To be honest, I don't see Rafa ever breaking like that. It's hard to think of a famous person as grounded as he appears to be, and with such a strong support structure around him. He is intense, yes, but then he kicks back, too, playing foot tennis and golf and going fishing and all that stuff we're told about, and probably stuff we don't hear about too. (Hur hur ;D) What I mean is, he seems happy, in general. I don't think he's fragile, you know? Though the difference between on-court Rafa and off-court Rafa is amazing. A friend of mine had seen him play but never heard him talk, and when she finally did, she couldn't believe how sweet and young he seemed.

I second your view on the Federer thing with Wawa. It's weird, dudes! Quit it!