However, mirka federer is the key role behind her husband Roger's success. She is the de facto personnel director of Federer Limited Liability Company, and has almost always held a BlackBerry in her hand. Mirka is three years older than her husband and is the daughter of a jeweler's family. She improved Roger's taste and made him realize more exquisite things in life.
She used to be a professional player and once ranked among the top 100 players in the world, but she retired in 2002 because of an old foot disease. Sometimes she will practice with Roger for several rounds before the game. It seems that her sparring is quite effective. "By practicing with her, I can make faster progress and better improvement," Roger himself said. They met at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. On April 1 1 this year, in Roger's hometown of Basel, they held a simple wedding and entered the marriage hall. Of course, mirka's role is not only to help her husband improve his skills. Roger said, "She has been with me all over the world. At the same time, she also helped me become a better person. "
In the past nine years, mirka has occupied the front row position in the most popular one-man show in sports. On July 5th, although she was eight months pregnant with the couple's first child, she still sat in the old seat in the family box of Wimbledon. She watched her husband complete such an epic battle with amazing calmness, including the longest deciding set in the history of the tournament. When he finally broke Roddick's serve and ended the classic war with 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16- 14, he also won the career 15 Grand Slam singles title, surpassing Sampras' record of men's tennis grand slam.
This latest champion, Federer's sixth championship trophy at Wimbledon, established his position as the greatest player in history and completed the most amazing gorgeous turn of tennis. A year ago, Federer lost to Rafael Nadal in another protracted Wimbledon final. (Federer was once behind, but during the break of the game suspended due to rain, mirka found him and solemnly reminded him, "You are roger federer." So he pulled back two sets. The game was regarded as an identity struggle. In the end, King Roger was overthrown in his own home. However, Federer won the US Open two months later and the French Open for the first time a month ago. After Nadal quit Wimbledon because of knee tendinitis, suddenly, Federer seemed determined to regain the title.
It seems to tell his competitors and the world that he is still the king of tennis courts. Federer maintained a civilian demeanor in the early stage of his career, but he was strangely more like an emperor. He came to London by private charter flight, and he emitted more carbon dioxide for our increasingly hot planet. All the other players live in apartments and townhouses in Wimbledon village, while Federer lives in a luxury manor one mile away from all the English clubs. When he walked onto the court, he wore a bright Rolex, a bright coat, a Phnom Penh jersey and shorts. Even his Nike tennis shoes are in the main color of gold, embroidered with his initials-in addition, he even carries a gold and white handbag.
The performance of "Taurus" is as gorgeous as his dress. Those winning balls that hit the corner, those seemingly effortless volleys, Federer perfectly combined strength, accuracy and composure. In the final, he blew 50 ACE balls, nearly double that of Roddick. Sampras sat in the royal box, and Federer finally broke Roddick's serve. Now, in Roddick's career, his record against Federer is 2 wins 19 losses. Roddick said after the game: "In many things, he got a lot of praise. But before, everyone didn't realize that he could drag the game to such a deep level, and he could finally get out of the predicament by will. "
An hour after the final, Roddick's eyes were still red, and he seemed to blink with tears when he tried hard. In fact, he really doesn't need to be depressed. In the face of a hard battle, he showed great calm and willpower. Just like a baseball pitcher who was once famous for his infinite strength, after discovering that fastball lost its advantage, he discovered other stunts, such as throwing sharp sinkers and sliders. Roddick will be 27 years old on August 30th, and he has recently improved his skills. While emphasizing strength in the past, he handled the ball more carefully and his skills were more comprehensive. He has just worked with his new coach, Larry Stevenson, for 8 months and has lost nearly 7 kilograms. He has made progress in standing position, putting the ball and backhand baseline, and he is more brave in making new attempts. This year is the seventh year that he has kept the world top 10, and he is still making progress.
Roddick easily broke through the first five rounds of Wimbledon and met Andy Murray in the semi-final.
Scottish Murray is under great pressure to become the first Englishman to win Wimbledon in 73 years. In Wimbledon's seed ranking, he ranks second only to Federer. He was the most popular figure in the two-week competition. Most British celebrities (Her Majesty the Queen, sean connery and David Beckham) have publicly expressed their ardent expectations for him. Almost all news reports are related to him, and even a special report about the death of a superstar in Los Angeles will be associated with Murray's name.
But Roddick still shattered all the hopes of the British people with four games. Yes, he did serve 2 1 ACE balls, but apart from serving, he was very calm in the game, played volley, which can be written in textbooks, and used clever tactics, which is usually invisible in his game. After the game, "ugly beauty" broke out? The trite image, clapping for the lost audience, made a "sorry" mouth.
Murray didn't win, but he made history after all. For more than a century, the rain suddenly hit Wimbledon, delaying the game, wetting the audience, messing up the game schedule, causing countless weather-related discussions and making TV bosses angry. Finally, the All England Club finally decided to build a movable canopy above the Central Stadium, which will open this year. This is a strange marriage of tradition and technology-equivalent to putting a large-screen TV behind the altar in St. Petersburg-but at the same time it reflects the unique taste of the British.
Spending $654.38+$50 million to build a roof will naturally make people have no worries. However, Wimbledon, which has been raining for a week, turned out to be a clear-sky Wan Li, which almost ruined people's good interest in watching the sky. However, on the evening of June 29th, dark clouds finally covered the sky in a rare way, just like looking up at the Sistine Chapel for the first time. 10.5 million viewers silently looked up at the sky, watching the 3000-ton steel frame, translucent curtains and lights slowly covering the grassland. It was Murray's first time to finish indoor Wimbledon-the first night game of an all-England club-and he beat Swiss Wawrinka in five sets. After that, for another six days, people couldn't see the canopy.
Federer and Nadal have won 19 titles in the recent 2 1 men's singles grand slam. At the same time, the women's singles also present the same duopoly pattern. The 2009 Wimbledon final is the eighth time that the Williams sisters have met in the final since 2000.
You may be bored by this, but the story itself is actually very attractive: two sisters who once shared a bedroom are now sharing the most important victory in the competition. They take turns sharing the championship trophy like potato chips in the back seat of a car. While praising the sisters, people will inevitably complain that other female players are really fragile.
So is Federer. Although he has broken the record of the Grand Slam singles champion, got married and is about to become a father, he said that he is still full of fighting spirit as before. He said: "mirka has always dreamed that our children can go to my game. So let it be, just for mirka, I have to play for a few more years. "
A few minutes after winning the championship, Federer put on a new suit, a coat embroidered with gold "15". It seems that he vowed to mold the image of the emperor to the end. Pot-bellied mirka returned to the manor to rest. As usual, he attended the award ceremony and was interviewed, and then left the stadium for the championship ball. It may be dark outside, but the sun has not set in Federer's empire.