One to One: Sir Roger

Roger Federer is by far the best tennis player of all times. In November 27th 2011, he won the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (also know as the Masters Tournament) in London, being his 6th title of this kind. So, i would like to face him, mainly to know how he did it to achieve this. There is no other tennis player that has won 6 Masters, and nobody has been in first place of ATP Ranking by 4 years and 6 months consecutively, without talking about many other achievements (Grand Slams, 5 matches lost in a year, etc.). Besides, he is a great person. First of all, he is very ease in matches, even in a hard time, he never loses the calm. In press conferences, he is not arrogant, he recognizes when he plays bad, and many media has access to him (If i remember well, even a Chlilean media can talk with him).

So, for me, Roger Federer is a life example. At first, he does very well his job. His talent it's evident. If you see his matches, you will look the best backhand in tour, and his slice is the best (look at the tennis ball when he performs it, it doesn't rebound on the floor, it drags it!!!). His service is spectacular, pure precission, and he's a complete player. Besides, i like the fact that it's a happy person. If you see many football players, when they score a goal, they are angry at time to celebrate it. I don't like that. Roger has teached me than life is funny, and the happinness is the key to open many doors in our way. So i like to see him smile every time when he won a match. At last, Federer is very respected by other tennis players, even Djokovic (current #1 ATP Ranking) and Nadal (his "Bestia Negra",a Chilean expression, that means when a player is able to defeat another repeteadly), said that is an hounor to play with him.

So I would like to ask him:

1) Switzerland is a country specially known by chocolate and watches. How did you do to make yourself in the best tennis player ever?

I have never heard about a great swiss sportsman. In a country without a sport culture or sports idols, sometimes it's very hard to progress in this life choice (see the example of our country, where the best sportsman must go out and travel to other countries, like Kirstel Kôbrich in Argentina). Even being one of the most important economical powers of the world, up to Federer, Switzerland has no an sport idol

2) You have won everything in Tennis, even Roland Garros, where Rafael Nadal always had defeated you. What things left you to win? Or you're playing now only because do you like tennis?

Federer has won 16 Grand Slams, is the 6th player that wins the 4 tournaments of Grand Slam (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open), and he was gold medalist in doubles in Athens 2004. Why he want more? But i think that tennis is a lifestyle, so Federer will not stop. If Federer continues playing like ever, he will be more legendary than now is it.

3) When do you come to Chile?

Many people (including me, of course) appreciates the Roger's talent. Not only in our country, all Southamerica wants to see him playing tennis in this region. But there is no high level championships in ATP Tour that can recieve a player like Federer. So, an exhibition is the only way to look his maestry. Luckily, Tony Godsick, Federer's manager, said that Roger will consider the option to come in an exhibition tour around Southamerica, in last months of 2012

PS: I must buy VIP tickets when that happens, to make a REAL ONE TO ONE

PS 2: A Gift to you

Lucky summer

It was the sixth consecutive year i was going to La Herradura, a little town near to Coquimbo, in Fourth Region of Chile. I know very well the beaches of the zone, like Totoralillo, some kind of Caribbean beach in Chile (turquese and transparent water, white sands), and Peñuelas, that it's not a beach, it's like a pool. I traveled to years ago to Elqui valley, and it was spectacular. And i like all the restaurants located in Tongoy, Peñuelas, La Serena, and Coquimbo


But, the 2011 summer, was special, because i never went to Enjoy Casino of Coquimbo. In fact, it was my first time in a casino. I went there with my father and a cousin. And i had wished that my father's money was mine. In the roulette, my father let us use some of his chips.... but with his money. If he gave us that bill, my cousin and me will win 108000 CLP, because we guessed three numbers in a row. So, being the the first time in a casino, i was very lucky. But sadly, it weren't our bill. Besides, my father lost some money after this great streak. But i liked that world of machines, cardas and dices. The only thing that i was dissapointed, it was that there was no Texas Hold'em Poker tables in Enjoy. High Stakes Poker it was a great school tome, and i would like to put in practice all that i have seen on TV. Generally, it was a memorable summer, and a memorable night.