GO, FEDERER!

Admiration is not nearly a strong enough term for what I think about the great tennis star Roger Federer, and his pull-out in the finals of the APT World Tour today just cinched my high regard.

"Fed," as those of us who are his closest friends call him, actually had the job done at 6-3, 5-2, but something happened that I have seen many times from Fed. He "let" the opponent win the 2nd set, just to make it more fun for the crowd! And, it surely did make it more fun. Fortunately for my husband and others in my life, I was home alone when that happened. My heart skipped a beat. My brother Tom would have been proud of the screaming and pumping my arms and dancing around I felt compelled to do to encourage "my Fed" to do what he had done so many other times - pull it out handily in the last set. Today, I even pulled the "Fed! Think about how much your twin daughters would love to see you win this tournament!"

There have been times that I have thought that Fed should just go ahead and finish the match, without all this anxiety-producing  drama; but, what's the fun in that? Huh? Tennis is a "game" after all, and games are meant to be lots of fun. Where was my faith in my tennis hero? It was there...honest!...but it was great fun to get caught up in the hype, to be his main vibrant supporter from across the globe. He "needed" me to play along, and I had his back! That's what relationships are all about, after all, right?

'Way to go, Fed! WE did it again!

Colleen