Comments on: Wimbledon and stuff… http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/07/09/wimbledon-and-stuff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wimbledon-and-stuff Oracle related rants (and lots of off-topic stuff)... Thu, 23 May 2013 11:58:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: joel garry http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/07/09/wimbledon-and-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-25202 joel garry Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:05:14 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/07/09/wimbledon-and-stuff/#comment-25202 A few miles from my house, I hope to bring the kids there next Sunday: http://www.goldcoastfestivals.com/civilwar/civilwarpg.htm

]]> By: CarlosAL http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/07/09/wimbledon-and-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-25098 CarlosAL Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:09:12 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/07/09/wimbledon-and-stuff/#comment-25098 Hey Tim…

Spaniard as I am, You will not be surprised if I say I was wishing Rafa Nadal & Fernando Alonso would win their respective challenges. Neither of them won, but it was quite near for them both! ;-)

Cheers.

Carlos.

]]> By: Tim... http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/07/09/wimbledon-and-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-25066 Tim... Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:56:21 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/07/09/wimbledon-and-stuff/#comment-25066 It makes me think he longs to be back in the old days when they played in slacks…

I guess he’s just buying into the whole history of the even, which is kind-of nice in a way.

Cheers

Tim…

]]> By: Andy C http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/07/09/wimbledon-and-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-25059 Andy C Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:16:53 +0000 http://www.oracle-base.com/blog/2007/07/09/wimbledon-and-stuff/#comment-25059 Yeah. The Mens Final was superb. I thought Nadal had Federer in his sights when he led 3-0 in the 4th set. Then he had that ‘knee’ injury. I couldn’t work out whether this was gamesmanship to get a minor rest break or to unsettle Federer (but as Nadal was on top at the time, I somehow doubt it).

At times, Federer looked a little out of sorts and, uncharacteristically, was even grumbling about line calls and HawkEye. Why he even uttered an expletive (‘sh*t’) which BBC had to apologise for :-)

Having said that, Federer clearly stepped up a gear to win in the fifth. The man is simply an amazing tennis player.

PS. I still laugh whenever I see his white blazer, long cream slacks and his embossed white/gold hold-all. It just seems completely out of keeping with his modest, personable, self-effacing attitude in interviews.

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