Across the pond at Wimbledon, teenage sensation Rafael Nadal went poof! in the second round, as did Englishman Tim Henman, the national hero who's required loss in the semis causes Brits to mourn every June. While no one actually expects Henman to win the dang thing, when his loss finally does arrive the British act surprised: "Tim choked? No! That's pants!"
And that's when "Hen-mania" becomes "Hen-monia." It's like an English tradition: Henman plays well enough to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals, where's he's now lost four times, and he's reached the semis four times -- but gone 0-4 there too. Last week's loss in the second round is surely, a new low ...
The UK's other Great White Hope is a teenager from Scotland named Andrew "Yes, He can be as good as Wayne Rooney" Murray, who upset the 14th seed Radek Stepanek last week, only to lose in the next round to David Nalbandian. Phfft!! Too bad none of us saw it!! Andy Murray 's loss went unseen on TV, since the lame asses at NBC chose to show the snoozer Andy Roddick blowout while the stadium crowds were treated to the Murray-Nalby duel.
Speaking of underachievers, American Andy Roddick (unrecognizable in the photo) tried to explain why he shaved off the scruff he called a beard: "My mom told me I look like shit -- I mean badly. I don't know, she didn't say that. I just decided it was gonna go..."
She said it. Svetlana Kuznetsova is in the running for "Best Wimbledon Quote" when she tried to compare Wimbledon to the US Open: "Wimbledon is so different, you know. It's completely like black and blue maybe, or white and black, you know, or red and black, whatever, you know. It's just different. It's like Sprite and Coke, you know. Doesn't matter that I love Sprite more than Coke, but it just completely different. But also I would love to do well here..."
Not to be out-understood, Venus Williams also offered colorful observations at Wimbledon this weekend. "I believe -- I live in black and white. I think things are like either black or white. I don't really believe that much in the gray. I think that there's gray for a lot of people, but I don't live in the gray. I realize whatever action I have or take, it's going to have a consequence -- either good or bad. So I live my life in a way where I don't have bad consequences. I just notice there's a lot people around me just live in the gray. I don't know, for me, I'm just really straightforward."
Umm... I have no idea what she just said ...
(Quotes are complied from www.x-tennis.com)
