A House Divided

It's official, when it comes to tennis, Roger and I stand on opposite sides of the court (net?).

He roots for Roger Federer, the stoic Swiss, and I root for Rafael Nadal, the savvy Spaniard.

Sunday, as I was watching the Wimbledon Men's Final, I was really hoping that Rafa could pull out a win, not just to take one away from Mr. Federer, but just to make the rivalry just a little more interesting. Oh, but the knee worked up and Rafa fell behind in the fifth set. He definitely needs to work on his serve -- his first serve percentage numbers aren't bad, but he just doesn't have that power serve that can produce ace after ace that Roger has.

Here's hoping the two meet again in the U.S. Open.

(TIP: If you want to make Roger (our Roger, not Federer) cringe, just start quoting Joe Starkey, his last call of the 1982 Big Game ... "the most amazing, sensational, traumatic, heart-rending, exciting thrilling ... ")