Now I think about it, isn't Mirka six years older than him? This might make more sense then.

[clo_again]

I have to quote the general response on tennisslash and go HOLY SHIT.

Both make_a_move and kindoftrouble texted me LITERALLY SECONDS APART going omgwtfhaveyouseenthis?!, which I hadn't because I've spent the last three hours on The Sims 2. Which reminds me; I have an Andy/Roger couple on there and I'll probably amuse myself by having them adopt later. Or make a Mirka and get Roger to have an affair. THERE ARE ENDLESS HOURS OF ENTERTAINMENT TO BE HAD.

But seriously? I've never been more floored by a piece of tennis news. I would've bet my signed copy of Good Omens this wouldn't happen for at least another two or three years until Roger's career was winding down [a few losses don't mean it's winding down, he's still number two and was in the last three...four... several Slam finals, so shut up] and that it's now... does this mean Mirka won't be at Wimbledon? 'Summer' would suggest that's likely, because a hasty Google says 36 weeks is the absolute cut-off date on flying while pregnant and it's apparently 27 weeks without a doctor's note. I can't imagine Roger risking anything just for the sake of having her at courtside, so my money's on her skipping Wimbledon. (Roger if you skip Wimbledon to have a baby so I don't get to see you after paying £72 for a ticket, I'll... well I'll understand but I'll be really pissed. You could've got a cat! Or a dog; you could've hit tennis balls for it and it would've brought them back for you to hit again! It would've been amazing practise! By the time you've trained your kid to do that, you'll be retired, not to mention that you'll get no sleep for months and it's hard to play good tennis after no sleep for months. Or a monkey! You could've trained a monkey to go and rearrange Nadal's water bottles to freak him out; it would've been hilarious. But no, that just wasn't enough!)

...Okay, I am actually kidding. My well-documented feelings on the newborns of our species aside, I'm very happy for him. Just confused, because I really didn't think I'd be saying congratulations for another few years Roger, and if you quit tennis to have children before I get to see you play some more in person, I will actually be mad. I'm all for you breeding up the rogerus federus subspecies of humanity that can all play amazing tennis with their eyes closed but you still have those records to beat. Don't think that spawning lets you off the hook.


I guess I have to stop telling my parents that I fully expect him to come out when he retires now huh? Wow.

(If anyone feels like doing for the tennis fandom what A Farm in Iowa did for SGA? I would totally approve. Only you know, with a fictional kid because after that it gets a little weird.)

(Also, anyone taking bets on girl/boy/non-humanoid lifeform?)

Comments

[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

Mirka is... some years older than him. I always forget how many, but definitely some! And it's still weird. He won't even marry her (which is just bizarre in itself) but all of a sudden pregnancy is a dream come true! Please Roger, don't retire. Win Wimbledon at least once more so we can watch you play. <3

[tasheila.livejournal.com]

I DID NOT EXPECT HIM TO HAVE AN ACCIDENTAL BB.

CAN WE TAKE BETS ON GODFATHERS?

if the bb will have a tennis godfather it will probably be stan, but imagine if roger became crazy and made andy and marat godfathers: if it is a boy marat will get him drunk by the time he is 15, and andy will have taught him how to chat up random girls. and then they'll teach him tennis, the result of which bb federer will be the antithesis of his dad on court: serving 160mph and being a brat to referees, haha.

of course, that's if andy and marat ever get over their issues with each other, because then the bb will probably be stuck with moody godparents who hate each other's guts and a mother who wonders just what her husband was thinking when he named them godfathers.

[make-a-move.livejournal.com]

Okay, yes, this has to happen.

[deppprived.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was floored at first but now I'm like "OMG Baby Fed!" I hope that kid gets his hair.

And yeah Rog, don't retire before I see you play live okay? :p

[mayakittenreads]

OMFG!!!

o.O

My bet is that it shares Andy and Roger's DNA and Mirka is surrogating ;):P

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Hee! All I know is that according to my Grandmother, settling down is always terrible for a player's career. My Grandmother disapproves of sportsmen settling down in anyway.

Re: the flying - I think it's more guidelines and insurance rather than actual health advice re: flying when pregnant.

Also: totally betting on a girl.

[make-a-move.livejournal.com]

*hums 'How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?' at you*

[clo.livejournal.com]

You just cracked me up again. You'll be doing this forever now, won't you? ;D

(If he actually called it Maria it's very possible that I'd never stop laughing again. ^_^)