Federer Is At It Again, Abusing Umpires

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Watching some highlights of his semi final against Nadal, I see that once again Federer is abusing umpires.

Complaining about Rafa’s grunting, Federer ordered the umpire to “do your job”.

The Swiss number 2, who has a track record of abusing umpires, opponents and their families, may also have unleashed a tirade in his press conference in which he said Rafa “sounded like a pig” and that he was going to tell Nike to stop calling Rafa ‘The Bull’ and start calling him “El Porco”.

Federer, 67, is no stranger to controversy.

He was recently awarded the Stefan Edberg award for the ninth time but refused to accept the trophy. A representative of Shank, Scuff & Choke (Federer’s lawyers) told the ATP :

“He doesn’t want another stinking glass bowl. He wants Edberg.”

Faced with this ultimatum from their most ruthless player, the ATP agreed to give Edberg to Federer for a 10 week trial period.

In an attempt to make it appear that Edberg was not being held against his will, Federer implied that he was there in a coaching role and had some new tactics on how to play Rafa. No sign of these tactics were evident in the match.

There are also reports emerging that, despite being out of the tournament, Federer may have been in the Rod Laver Arena on Sunday. A ball girl claims she saw someone in a cream suit with an oversized Rolex who appeared to inject something in Nadal’s back just before he went out to warm up.

Mystery also surrounds the presence of Pete Sampras for final award ceremony. The ITF confirm that they did not actually invite Sampras and don’t know why he was there. A spokesman said:

“It’s essential that we have someone interesting to make the presentation. If we follow up the speech from the chairman of Kia with someone else dull, the audience’s health could be at risk. We had booked up Hulk Hogan so we were mystified to see Sampras appear. It’s almost as if somebody was trying to make the ceremony so tedious that nobody would notice that Wawrinka is now the Swiss number 1.”

As much as the Australian Open likes to present itself as the 'Happy Slam', I can't help feeling  that a dark cloud is once again forming over tennis...

Laughed out loud...literally!