I wouldn't blame you if you ducked off of NBC immediately following the 4.2 day long Wimbledon Men's Final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal yesterday. But I would urge you never to do that again. You see, Wimbledon is one of those rare sporting events where they require the second place winner (read: loser) to stay on the court and enjoy the champion's celebration. Then, after all that, they interview said loser. Your interviewer is John McEnroe and he is awkwardly asking for hugs.
Sure, Federer just lost to Nadal and was about to cry and could be unseated as the world's number one. And maybe his reign as an absurdly dominant tennis player as come to an end. It was still great tennis and that's what Johnny Mac was thanking him for.
Awkward post tennis match hugs to Mssrs. Irrelevant for Lassoing this puppy.
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Johnny Mac's Interview Technique Is Superb: Taste the Sad, Roger!!
Posted Jul 7th 2008 11:00AM by Will Brinson
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-07-2008 @ 12:08PM
bbBrown said...
Class act Johnny Mack. Not too many would have walked away from Federer without seeing teats. Again, thanks for the respect for a great tennis player.
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7-07-2008 @ 7:08PM
Brian Japsen, II said...
The best match shot for shot in the history of tennis on television. It was a brilliant match followed by an extremely tasteful post-match interview by JMac. Classy, Cool & humble compliments for both Federer and Nadal.
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7-07-2008 @ 10:15PM
frank said...
The best tennis match that I ever watched;
Every single point , every shoot was to the T to perfection not giving up not for an instant, how did they kept this pace for so long ? No blinking, no excuses only at the end Federer started to signal something about
the lights? but for almost 5 hours these guys went after each other with everything they got at the end someone lost someone won
but not really these 2 are the definition of
the word warriors for real, firm.
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7-07-2008 @ 10:19PM
frank said...
Instead of a tennis match if this was a real war between the two, certainly it wasn't going to be any winners at the end or losers, same.
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