{"id":32675,"date":"2018-01-29T16:46:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T16:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=32675"},"modified":"2018-01-29T16:46:54","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T16:46:54","slug":"tennisliving-tribute-roger-federer-the-stranger-i-love-most-is-now-undisputedly-the-greatest-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/tennisliving-tribute-roger-federer-the-stranger-i-love-most-is-now-undisputedly-the-greatest-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"TENNIS\/LIVING TRIBUTE: ROGER FEDERER, THE STRANGER I LOVE MOST, IS NOW UNDISPUTEDLY THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROGER FEDERER, THE STRANGER I LOVE MOST, IS NOW UNDISPUTEDLY THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!<\/h1>\n

[Note: I’ll give you guys my thoughts on the Grammys in a day or two, but first something so much more important happened yesterday.]<\/p>\n

\"DUo_YrbXkAAE5fX.jpg-large\"<\/a>Roger Federer has just won his twentieth<\/em> Major tournament title! Even non-tennis and non-sports fans should understand what he accomplished this week-end. Not only is that a record in general, but he\u2019s the only man in history to have achieved that great feat! (Three women have done it.) And in doing so, he also won his record-tying sixth<\/em> Australian Open, and defended his first title since doing that in 2008!!!<\/p>\n

Last year, when he won his fifth<\/em> Aussie Open, and record (at the time) eighteenth overall, I just put my elation over that fact in a multi-faceted column along with the SAG Awards and Miss Universe! Shame on me for that.<\/p>\n

So this<\/em> year, old Rog is getting his own tribute from me on here.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s so much to say about The Stranger I Love Most, but I\u2019m still a bit overwhelmed by it all. As surreal as it is for me<\/em>, just imagine what Roger himself is going through!<\/p>\n

\"DUoKMfxWsAIuv4Q.jpg-large\"<\/a>I always wonder what he must be thinking out there on the court; he\u2019s such a superior human being, in every way, that I just assume that he can\u2019t possibly have the kind-of thoughts that I<\/em> have as I watch him play. But, in one of his post-Championship interviews, he said that while he was playing the Final, he kept thinking things like, \u201cMaybe I will<\/em> win my twentieth,\u201d and then, \u201cIt\u2019s probably not going to happen,\u201d and regular thoughts like that! When I\u2019m watching him with my heart in my throat, I keep saying to the TV, \u201cJust remember\u2014you\u2019re Roger Federer!\u2019 And then I realize that he doesn\u2019t need me<\/em> to tell him that. But now perchance maybe he does. I can\u2019t believe that even the Great One has his doubts and fears.<\/p>\n

So, basically what happened is that he played the Final against one of his rivals in recent years, Croatia’s Marin Cilic, who\u2019s also a nice guy. Roger has beaten him all but one important time, in a US Open semi-final a few years back, and Marin wound-up winning that whole tournament. (So we don\u2019t have to feel so bad for him now\u2014he at least has one Grand Slam title, which few men do, especially in the past two decades of Roger, Rafa, and Novak Djokovic.)<\/p>\n

\"Tearful-Roger-Federer-in-Melbourne\"<\/a>I watch every second of Wimbledon and the US Open, but, for some reason, I don\u2019t watch any of the Aussie and French Opens. (I have to force myself to not watch sports every second of every day, year-round. So, I limit myself to just those two out of the four Majors.) But I check the progress of them every day, and keep my fingers crossed that Roger is moving along.<\/p>\n

I would have loved to watch this important Final live, but I didn\u2019t want to jinx Roger. I wouldn\u2019t even let myself record<\/em> it! But, as soon as I woke-up and found-out that he won, I quickly taped a re-run of the match. Actually, I recorded it on two different broadcasts! I didn\u2019t want to miss a minute of it.<\/p>\n

And thank goodness I did that because my heart could not have taken watching it live\u2014it went the full five sets<\/em>!!! How do their families and friends stand the tension?! And how do the players themselves do it?!<\/p>\n

\"nintchdbpict000381230195-e1517145695200\"<\/a>The best part to me was Roger\u2019s speech during the trophy ceremony. I\u2019ve never seen Roger cry that much.\u00a0 But I<\/em> still had him beat\u2014I was hysterical, bordering on delirious. I had to drink a liter of water afterwards to replenish my fluids! (Yes, watching<\/em> sports is like doing the work myself for me!)<\/p>\n

I congratulate Roger Federer on his amazing accomplishment this week-end, and on his fabulous career, in general. And for once again giving us all, (except for the Cilic camp, of course,) another wonderful memory.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And from here on out, I do not want to hear any dissenting opinions on whether or not he is the GOAT! (The Greatest of All Time!) Roger Federer is, without even a scintilla of a doubt, exactly that!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ROGER FEDERER, THE STRANGER I LOVE MOST, IS NOW UNDISPUTEDLY THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME! [Note: I’ll give you guys my thoughts on the Grammys in a day or two, but first something so much more important happened yesterday.] Roger Federer has just won his twentieth Major tournament title! Even non-tennis and non-sports fans should<\/p>\n

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