"I was completely worried about that. I thought I lost the power with the new clothes. C'mon."
Rafael Nadal sees the funny side when asked if he was worried he might not be able to win in his new non-sleeveless shirts.
"The problem is you can't go in the locker room and just take it easy and take a cold shower. You can't. You know, you're stuck out there. It's the worst feeling, you know. So, I don't know, it's rough."
Roger Federer describes the desolation after losing another five-set final to Nadal.
"Hopefully not too big. I'm not a big fan of receptions. I'd like to sneak out the back door at the airport tomorrow."
Mahesh Bhupathi on the reception he expects back in India after winning the country's first Grand Slam mixed doubles title with Sania Mirza.
"I did most of it."
Mike Bryan.
"You cleaned."
Bob Bryan.
"I cleaned out the garage, dusted it all, put down the carpet and mirror, got the equipment."
Mike Bryan, as the brothers have a domestic over who can take the credit for their new home gym.
"All I know is Serena usually picks up the bill."
Mike Bryan makes plan for an all-American celebration in Melbourne.
Curtain's closing on AO. What a great ending to the tournament.
“The problem is you can’t go in the locker room and just take it easy and take a cold shower. You can’t. You know, you’re stuck out there. It’s the worst feeling, you know. So, I don’t know, it’s rough.”
ReplyDeleteThat's EXACTLY how I feel after I see a shirtless Rafa pic.
Oh, natch. It always comes back to Rafa doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteDoesn't everything? I mean, this weekend I was yelling, "Yes! Rafa! Yes!" so loudly at 5a.m. that the couple in the room next to me called security.
ReplyDeleteHuh. That must've been the UPS man. No?
ReplyDeleteNo. I was alone in my hotel room watching Rafa win the AO, trying to keep quiet.
ReplyDeleteNo "deeper rafa deeper"?
ReplyDeleteHotel room?
I think another poster has "Deeper, Rafa, Deeper" trademarked.
ReplyDeleteWas in Florida most of last week. Hotel room, gorgeous young men all around me, but the only young man I likeys is Rafa. Otherwise I prefer graying temples and laugh lines. Hardly saw any of that. *sighs*