Molly and I had passes to Rod Laver Arena to watch an amazing quarter-final match between Molly's favorite player, Roger Federer, and his tough opponent, the reigning Wimbledon champion, Andy Murray. It was an incredible match and Fed came out victorious in 4 sets. At one point I began cheering for Murray - in part to taunt Molly and in part because earlier we had bet: Molly that Fed would win in straight sets and me that it would take 4 sets for Fed to win. It really looked like Molly would be correct in her wager, but then Murray had a great comeback, fighting off set points and forcing a 3rd set tie-break, which he won. It seemed like the momentum might shift in Murray's favor, but Fed came on strong in the 4th set and now will face the current #1, Rafael Nadal, who has been playing well, but looks like he is in a lot of pain with an injury on his racquet-side hand.
During last night's match Molly and I noticed that on the jumbo screens during the side switches they would always play Rolex ads featuring Roger Federer and we wondered what that must be like for Andy Murray to have to watch those ads. Then we talked about how Federer, being Swiss should probably be sponsored by Swatch instead of Rolex. In Federation Square there is a big picture of Novak Djokovic and his Seiko watch. Rafael Nadal wears a $690,000 Richard Mille watch. Molly and I would be happy to be sponsored by Timex and Casio.
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| Rod Laver in Rod Laver Arena |
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