eagerly awaiting the simon piece, as i am one of those to email DdV abt him... thanks for this one!!!

blown away by the roger question... well said answer by ms murray!

i hope the tour never institutes any cheerleading on court, what a disastrous distraction, more so for the players who require almost zen like concentration...Rafa would probably be one of the more vocal opponents of that! LOL

as for cheering itself,the fans can certainly do it... the only pros needed are those who will play the match!

Sorry to say but wow some retarded questions/emails you recieved this time, who Roger dates is upto him, just coz shes not skinny doenst make her less worthy or mumzy, as for Cheerleaders dear god NO thank you, that has to be one of the most retarded suggestions ive heard to "improve tennis". clearly that person doesnt watch tennis, the fall season is less exciting due to the lack of tournaments and leading palyers taking time off, but tennis is general has been amazing this year.

As for Ernest, was his family mega rich or something? coz tennis players in general dont come from working class backgrounds, but for some reason someone like Fed and many others get the motivation but he lacks it.

On the same page with Britney. Smart Girl.

who cares he has money? if he can play, he can play. stupid question by a person who email that.

no chance you gonna see cheerleader girls anyplace. look pretty maybe, but very bad idea.

Ugh. I remember when men's beach volleyball decided it needed cheerleaders, loud music and over-the-top announcers . . . Please don't let tennis go that way. Please.

Is it inappropriate/wrong for me to hope that *someone* gets first-hand knowledge of Roger and Mirka as a couple? :)

if is inappropriate/wrong, than i am also. every person want to know this information @ them~ most famous couple atp ever has seen. :D

Tons of the players have money, Nadal and Federer hardly grew up in a shack. tennis lessons are pretty freaking expensive.
Gulbis prob just stole the author's girl, or the author is jealous. Which would make sense- hes sexy and talented.

Same goes with the Mirka/Fed question. Just cos he doesnt go out with a Brooklyn Deaker makes her mumsy and Federer needy? Right. And besides, I highly doubt its Federer who is dependant on Mirka, to quote her directly, "I get whatever I want". Whatever she wants, it seems to work because they have been together since he was about 19.

I don't have anything against famous Mirka, and beauty is not the most important thing in the world but she's so ugly, she doesn't take care about her image, she's soooo fat, she has take care about her weight, and that's not the matter of somebody's outfit, that's the culture and education, regarding Mr.Federer, he just show all of us how he's depending of mother figure, he feels insecure and inefficient without that granny, have impression he's just thinking about tennis and his bank account, he looks so cold.

Dear girls

Please stop being so banal.
Aren't your own lives complex enough to realise that the players' lives aren't one-dimensional?
Did you know that Gulbis' parents are divorced and he grew up with his mother?
Mirka is not THAT fat and not THAT ugly and Mirka and Roger have built a serious supportive relationship which many other tennis players could use mightily well instead of walking around models and bedding groupies in their freetime.
I think Roger is a modern man who's not intimidated by a strong woman and I never got the impression Mirka controlled him, he only made her his partner in all senses of the word.
Cheers.

My dear, I'm not banal as you say, that's the fact of course in my opinion, but don't tell me she's not fat, she is, I really don't care if he wants to spend his whole life with her, that's his business, but the fact is, somehow he's depending on her, I'm wondering why, it might be, he's not very much interested in women in a sense, tennis & money are the more important, Swiss are like that, no temperament at all...

Mirka is overweight, but shes not ugly, the weight suits her, just like Federer has a big nose, but it suits him. they are both good looking in a unconventional ways, i think Mirka deserves huge credit for Feds achievement, having a good woman arund him has made him what he is, he didnt have to stick with her, he could have dumped her by 04, or 05 if he was interested in just her being his mum, why is it hard to comprehend that he may be in head over heels in love with her?

If only Marat chose girls more wisely...(yes i had to add his name somehow)

Just because she`s not nipped&tucked airhead wannabe actress/model it doesn`t
make her a DOMINO lady.
Maybe he`s into intelligent women instead of BLIGHT&BONNY trophy girls/wives.

Take a look at Murray`s & Djokovic`s box and you`l see some serious
dominatrix ladies/mommies.

milvice dear, we're talking about their girlfriends, don't talk about mommies, by the way, Novak's mother is great women, who gives you a chance to talk about ladies you even don't know, she's wonderful person having 3 nice son, trying to do her best to follow them in any way, so that's the fact, regarding the article, Novak has very beautiful girlfriend, as I said, beauty is not the most important but essential for a mentioned famous players, at least, they have to take care about weight, it's basic, don't you agree with me, if not, I really don't care...

Gordana You can join Tipsarevic`s NO FAT CHICKS club.

Well, in that case you can join Federer's FAT CHICKS club, ha, ha, ha...

I would love to be in that club. SMART,CLASSY&FILTHY RICH.
Thank You .

despite my feelings towards fed over his most recent comments about rafa and 2009, i still wanna say that i LOVE how mirka has handled almost everything in fed's life and still feel like the strong woman behind the successful man... so sign me up for that club milivice!!!

mLina, You`re IN.

I must say I am gutted, dear. Upon return I was hoping to see the offering of Gilles Simon you promised to serve up yesterday afternoon.

Where might it be on your usual Wednesday biography day? Speedy dear, you are LATE! LOL, I do like him quite a lot.