Se me é permitido...

...escolher a minha figura deste ano, do anterior a este e do que há de vir:

E se for com jeitinho...

DEUCE Magazine questioned the ATP World No. 1 during the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati about being Roger Federer. So, when was the last time...

...I had a really unusual fan request?

I had a guy write to me asking for $10 million. He had some sort of story but it didn't make a lot of sense.

Eu peço um bocadinho menos e arranjo uma história que faça mais sentido, será que safo-me?

His substance

Nadal, for a few moments, had Federer right where he had hoped he would find him - unsettled, maybe for the first time during his five-year Wimbledon run.

But an hour later, after the emotional collapse to the court and the trophy ceremony and the hug from Borg, Federer was standing on a bridge over a walkway between Center Court and the player's locker rooms. He had a bag of tennis balls, and he was happily tossing souvenirs to the clamoring crowd.

The tears were gone, and the dashing smile had returned. Federer was wearing his jacket, but the fans below were enamored with his substance, not his style.