Well it was a rollercoaster of a day
yesterday and I felt too upset to write last night.
Pat started off well but Tim was playing so well as I'm sure alot of you saw. There was
nothing our Pat could do. His back began to hinder him and although Pat played it down I
think this had a lot to do with the way things turned out. I was watching and his serves
had no kick or bite, not good for someone who wants to volley behing them. Henman wasn't
returning brilliantly it was just that Pat couldn't serve. He almost hung in there with
Tim despite this but his poor body couldn't manage it.
I loved Deb's description of Pat getting his bits done!!! Very funny Deb and Yes the
trainer definately seemed to be pushing and pulling quite alot of Pat, then he started
rubbing his bottom.... sorry.....I must rerun the video, havn't seen all this close up,
nor Lara. I have to say in her defence that it was sweet that she was taking pics of Pat
on Centre Court.
Pat had alot of support in fact the first chant to start up was Aussie Aussie Aussie...
He said soory mate, every time he missed his toss up and that brought a chuckle from
everyone!! At the end of the match he started packing all his dirty t shirts and wrist
bands into his bag, and then changed his mind, got them all out ahain and threw them
backwards into the crowd!! There was quite a tussle when he threw his racket aswell!!!
He was put on an outside court to play doubles so they could get the match started early.
He was in really good spirits here, laughing with Jonas and his opponents. On one point
the ball hit him in the stomach, he yelled and bent over double and stayed there for quite
a while. Everyone got worried and his opponent came to the net, then Pat stood up and gave
a cheeky grin. He had been kidding the whole time.!!!
Then a couple of points later, his opponent had hit Jonas. When his back was turned Pat
took aim at his head with a teenis ball in fun. They all had a laugh at that one.
Patty is Happy I think, this was about an hour after his singles defeat so I think he'll
be ok and the confidence will stay!
A snippet from a newspaper article to warm the cockles of your hearts...
Sue Mott is the reporter and she adores Pat. She refers to him in the article as the
Australian sex god!!
" Henmania will not help him (Henman) . If he registers so much as Hen-pecked he will
be doing well, so great will be the passion of girls After Rafter..."
And so say all of us!!!!
Melonie
