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why am I only seeing this now????
Reblog if it's okay to start talking to you.
anyways uso tiktok being a fedal fangirl. again
sorry i haven't stopped thinking about jannik swallowing and blinking rapidly like he's holding back from crying when he's told in front of the roland garros crowd that he'll be the new and first italian world number one
A few years ago Rafa did a feature on his website where he talked about some of the most important matches in his life. It was deleted when his website was updated but I’ve just found a copy of it!
Some highlights (all real quotes):
“In the semi-finals, I faced Federer, and it is true that I felt plethoric on clay… as true as the match seemed intimidating, I felt respect. I am not saying fear. Never. My start was explosive. I knew that Rogerio (as I friendly call him) was not used to hitting so high and would take a few games to get used to my lifting.” - RG 05
“Another final against Federer. I correct. It is never ‘another’, it is never ‘one more’. Every meeting is the first and the last, and this would be no exception: a victory of sweat and courage, with flashes of great tennis.” - Monte Carlo 06
“I jumped on to court in front of more than 15,000 people. I looked at my parents and then at Federer. I was ready, or that is what I thought. Roger gave me a real thrashing in the first set. He soon got 5-0 up, and showed tremendous solvency and serenity: drives along the line, a concluding, resolving backhand at the net.” “Federer is not only a champion, but also a gentleman and an elegant rival. He did not try to humiliate me, he did not draw blood. I don’t think he wanted to win like that against a frightened opponent who hardly put up any resistance. He wanted to win against Rafa Nadal.” - RG 06
“I know Federer beat me in the final, although as far as I am concerned, I played the best tennis of my career. Wimbledon was Rogerio’s garden, his private domain. He strolled around the court sweeping away any opponent who dared to tread on his grass with overwhelming superiority.” “The game that Fed-Ex develops on grass is… well, you know what I am talking about. I am not going to write an ode (he has got his own web for that, hasn’t he? ;-D) though sometimes I felt the impulse to stay there watching his technique.” “Roger, an extraordinary fellow with or without his racquet, spared me no praise in his declarations, congratulating me for a great match and addressing me a few words that consoled any twinge of disappointment, ‘you also deserved it.’” - Wimbledon 07
“I am not capable of putting into words what this victory meant to me. Maybe I need perspective, maybe I still haven’t taken it in. Since I came on to the professional circuit, even before his, I related the word ‘Wimbledon’ with 'Roger Federer’. It is something subconscious and automatic: the All England’s Club court is something like his garden.” “Nothing around me was important, time stopped, the voices faded and the stands were no more than mist. Roger and I were alone.” “I was aware that Roger and I had just played the best tennis match of all time; that I had just won the most prestigious tournament on the circuit; that… I had made my dream come true.” - Wimbledon 08
So one more Sincaraz final. This time the exhibition’s one but anyway
Times change... people don't
so the footage from the podcast where roger called rafa "a tiger in a cage" has finally arrived to us🐯 (maybe it's been available somewhere before? idk at least this is the first time ive seen it)
sources under cut
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Andrey and Casper's part was too cute and emotional
Andy, Gael and Novak described Rafa so perfectly but best was obviously Roger. Cause while everyone was talking about Rafa's fighting spirit, his intensity, his humbleness...my man was talking about his looks, accent and freaking eyebrows...ok lover boy, calm down
𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐲
Roger i miss u everyday😭😭😭
chat if you were to show this video to someone who didn't follow tennis what would they say
Twitter Pearls 🐦
a recollection of net hugs (and something else) by roger federer and rafael nadal, with not a lot, just forever by adrienne lenker. :)
Fedal acting like an old married couple at fancy events is going to be the death of me.
roger manifesting his last professional tennis match ever as a doubles match with rafa is just so wholesome - Friday is gonna kill me
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Pre-Roland Garros semi-final 2005 Nike promotion
Follow https://twitter.com/ArchiveFedal on twitter
Fedal signing balls together for the kids during their Laver Cup 2019 practice 🤲🥺❤️
The way Rafa waits and turns and then throws his arms around Roger. I am upset pLEASE
Watching a tennis match with your rival be like:
A crossover I definitely wanted
