A Gaggle Of Wimbledon Talks

Here are a few articles about whose chances are what in Wimbledon, and what others are saying about The Holy Knees.

The Ginge Hotness (a.k.a Andy Murray) thinks Rafa will play at Wimby while he himself is shouldering quite a bit of pressure.

Nadal is struggling with knee tendonitis which could still force him to miss Wimbledon, but Murray believes the Spaniard will play and be a major contender.

"I'd be surprised if he didn't. I mean, I'm sure his knees are not good but he likes to play a lot," Murray said.

"I think he'll come into Wimbledon with not as much match practice but with the same belief that he can win the tournament."

Murray will shoulder the burden of being the only Briton with a chance of ending the 73-year wait for a home winner at Wimbledon but he is keen to play down expectations.

On the other hand, The Ginge has support in the form of a fellow Brit.

TIM Henman believes it will take "one hell of a performance" for anyone to deny Andy Murray the Wimbledon title this year.

The former British No 1 still rates Roger Federer as favourite for the title and he is confident that injured Spaniard Rafael Nadal will be fit to defend his crown. But Murray, who won his first grass-court match 6-1, 6-4 against Andreas Seppi at Queen's yesterday, boasts a 6-2 career record over Federer and he has beaten Nadal twice in the last year, including the US Open semi-final.

Andy Roddick has been doing everything right lately, from donning pink glitter hats to saying really nice things.

"I'm certainly not going to underestimate Rafa. I think he's going to be there. I think he's going to be fine, and I think he's going to put forth all the effort he has. He's certainly proven that in the past", said Roddick.

The 26-year-old American said he's played with the problem "for years and years and years and years".

"Rafa has had knee tendinitis for a long time and he's won Grand Slams while he's had it", said the Roddick, chasing a fifth career title at Queen's club.

Roddick speaks with experience on the tendinitis which he and Nadal must both deal with. "There is a positive side for Rafa: it's uncomfortable and it's painful, but it's not something that's going to be a career threatening injury if you play on it. It's kind of a fancy term for overuse".

The great Federer agrees with everyone, that Rafa will play and all this knee talk is just pish-posh.

Federer said Monday he didn’t think Nadal’s knee injury will keep him out of Wimbledon, no matter what doom-and-gloom coach Toni Nadal says, and even though Nadal was in Barcelona Monday for two days of tests on his knee.

He pointed out Nadal’s knees weren’t wrapped in Paris — but they haven’t been wrapped all season.

Albeit, amidst all the chirps, this one says it best:

Wimbledon starts in less than two weeks. Forget history; bring on the next Federer-Nadal affaires d'honneur.

Vamos!

SHOCKING: Xisca In The Basement!

Welcome to the church of St. Xisca.

The paintings below depicts the patron of Rafa Nadal's down to earth-ness herself.



Sometimes, this living saint plunges deep into the underworld of youthful going-ons. She does so to save lost juvenile souls from the dangers of bad music, terrible fashion sense and the mold in people's basements.



These holy missions does not usually take long, no. A little chitchat, a photo-op...



Et voila! A swarm of recruits to bring the holy word to the deepest corners of the world wide web.

Yes, I've taken a little too much painkiller today.

Pictures thanks to Rafanatic Meri!

Will He Play.. Will He Not.

Some say aye.

Rafael Nadal, world number one in tennis, announced that the next 16 days traveling to London with the intention of defending his title at Wimbledon, in the light of the results of medical tests that have been subjected for two days in Barcelona.

"I will give 200% to 100% can be the most important tennis tournament and the world that always made me dream. Not leave any track, much less central to Wimbledon to see what happens, if I know that I leave at 100%, "said on its website.

Some say, maybe.

Seriously guys, waiting for news is tiring. Please just decide if he plays or not. I can't take it much longer. Btw, his official site has crashed from agonized people like me, looking for some word.

Andy & Andy = BFF's?

So Andy Roddick got ahold of a pink glittery cap, took a picture, and posted it on his Twitter.

Somehow, Ginge (okay, Andy Murray) got ahold of the same cap and like Roddick, also took a picture, and shamelessly posted it on his official site.

Pink. Glitter. Male camaraderie. Bring it on.

Injuries Or No, Birthdays Are Birthdays

Rafa has been spotted on a jetski in Mallorca with Xisca and friends! I thought he's injured and all? Cheeky man. Everytime he takes time off to "rest" we always see him on a beach somewhere with Xisca and BFFs in tow.

The rumors are that the jet ski is a birthday present. *grumble*

Thighs, biceps, and lotsa water to make things slippery. What else could you need?

Pics via DailyMail and skyejaden @ Twitter

So He Lost?

Yeah, that's pretty much the expression on my face when I found out. From the news!

Mom: "Your Rafa lost."
Me: "Heh? Impossible."
Mom: "It's on the news, see for yourself."
Me: (*&^%$%^&*()!!!!!!!!! HE DID! OMGWTFBBQ"

I really don't know how I feel about the loss, as I did not watch it and I have no idea how well the Sod plays. But he did get baguetted and bageled by Rafa as recent as Rome, so to call this mindboggling is a bit of an understatement. As now we know that Rafa was wobbling on wonky knees for God knows how long until it got this bad, although how bad it is we have no idea yet. I'm quite resigned. I feel like this is a long time in coming, we all know how he burns his candle at both ends, and the middle too.

What I try to remind myself is how much of a fighter Rafa is. In fact, he's nothing if not that. I really don't care how many tournaments he has to miss as long as when he comes back, he comes back hale, hearty, and firing with both guns along with some mini bazookas.

Then again, maybe he lost 'cos I wasn't around, twirling my panties and all. Hey, he lost the TWO clay tourneys that *I* did not watch. Coincidence? I'll let you decide ;)

Yoohoooo!

Twirl your panties, take out the pink boa and pop the champagne - I'm back!

Wha-? No twirling panties? Oh, well, I'd have thought y'all love me enough to at least roll out the pink carpet. Nevermind. I apologize wholeheartedly for the impromptu hiatus - my laptop died and at the same time, my desktop shortcircuited and I have to replace just about everything, causing me to have little to no connection for a month. A month that is filled with shocking and scandalous events in the tennis world, from Gasquet's cocaine debacle to Rafa's loss to you-know-who.

Just to let y'all know, this blog is a passion for me. It's not about to come to an end when Rafa loses one or two matches, it's not about to end when Rafa retires. First and foremost I'm a fan of tennis and the wonderful alchemy of the people in its world. For now, Rafa is the center of this blog, but tennis exists before Rafa and it will go on beyond him, and as long as I have time and the means to share my thoughts with you and get feedback in the process, tennislust.com will exist. I feel the need to explain because some trolls assumes the blog is done because Rafa lost to you-know-who. Bitch, please.

So let's get the party going again!