"I've had an unbelievable time since arriving in Japan on Friday. I had one of my first practices on one of the outside courts of the Ariake Tennis Forest Park and many, many fans watched me. That was very special for me. They all had their cameras and their phones up in the air taking photos. It was like a sight I'd never seen before. People were running behind me on the way to practice, wanting photos, autographs, my rackets and even my clothes. I thought for a second that maybe I should practice naked. It was a great atmosphere and for the first time I felt what it must be like to be a rock star. I practiced with the No. 1 Japanese player Go Soeda, who is very nice and a very talented player."
"The other night I played a joke on Mirka and put a lot of wasabi (the very strong green paste) underneath a piece of her sashimi…she still has fire coming out of her nose and has promised to get me back!
For breakfast I was introduced to the Japanese custom of drinking vinegar, which is supposed to clean your system. I quite enjoyed that."
Fresh from buying dinner for Jamie Murray, Tim Henman is now forking out for Roger Federer's meals!!!!! I wouldn't have picked Federer, Henman and Koubek as three likely lads on the town!
Evidence if any was needed that Tim's an Englishman, not a Scot
Anyway, hasn't Tigger made an open offer to foot the bill when he's out to dinner with anyone who hasn't reached the top 75 in doubles? (see Jamie Murray;'s blog last week)
Federer's only ranked 374 in doubles - no wonder he needs a bit of a food subsidy.
-- Edited by steven at 15:02, 2006-10-03
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Evidence if any was needed that Tim's an Englishman, not a Scot
Anyway, hasn't Tigger made an open offer to foot the bill when he's out to dinner with anyone who hasn't reached the top 75 in doubles? (see Jamie Murray;'s blog last week)
Federer's only ranked 374 in doubles - no wonder he needs a bit of a food subsidy.
-- Edited by steven at 15:02, 2006-10-03
Hey, I've not reached the top 75 in doubles yet......this could get expensive for Tim...