The day the Beijing Games in three of its biggest stars lose starts with heavy rainfalls. Rapid formation of small lakes all over the Olympic Center, many competitions can not start on time. So it’s been almost eight clock at night, when Roger Federer finally the center court of the Olympic Green Tennis Center enters. Sensitive, it is cool after all these days schwülheißen become, and perhaps this is what the Swiss world number from the first step brings. Or is it the fact that he is next Monday the first 236 weeks since the leading position in the world rankings to Rafael Nadal must submit? Perhaps he has just eaten the wrong Dumplings.

In any case, get the master of the elegant game in this stadium dodecagon no leg on the ground. 6:4 he loses the first set against American James Blake, and in Tiebreak of the second sentence, he in his desperate battle against the end of the Olympic dream as many balls as previously kicked in months. Um 21.30 clock then he must pack his bag, he once again beckons to the audience and makes them quickly.

Like all international superstars of the sport, from Kobe Bryant and Dirk Nowitzki on Michael Phelps, the Chinese also had the Swiss in particular to the heart closed. Because they believe that the light of his fame leave their Olympic games appear even brighter. Therefore, they have suffered with him, and groaned, but finally his opponent James Blake beklatscht. Whoever suggests the best, at least one must be good.
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But because of the rain all the games in the evening pushed, is after the end of Federer’s still far from final. There is still one of those special games on the plan, China once again against his Super-Ego, the United States, Li Na against Venus Williams. It is the struggle of the underdogs against the Star, National jersey against designer outfit, trousers against rock, good loose against merciless power tennis.

On which side are the spectators, it is clear. The stadium is also just ten still well filled, and there is cheer for Li Na, as it was on the pitch. Only laboriously the Portuguese referee gets the crowd with appeasing the friendly gestures and hiss in the handle. The rest will initially worried the title personally. Venus Williams is not the backdrop of impressive results quickly and proposes 3:0 from the obvious nervousness of their respondent capital – until they too, with huge, awesome beraunten surcharges from one or the other Bredouille shall be exempt.

On external support they may not hope. Also double fault, the genteel procure elsewhere outweigh be solved here cheering from storms, is finally point. Moreover, each half-hearted “USA” reputation with a “Beat USA” answered. Before now, but again the Chinese nationalism under the unfair, one must say that this blows from all sides with laughter is acknowledged.