FBI investigates Federer’s loss to Volandri.

Apparently everything is not on the up and up at the loss Federer suffered at the hands of Volandri from Itlay.

FBI is investigating the matter. Below are series of events that made FBI suspicious. 

According to FBI spokesman, they have discovered that Volandri travelled to a small city called Corleone in Italy, back in January of this year. He initially met with a lawyer named Tom Hagen for two hours.

Next month, he was back there on February 15. This time he met a man by the name of Michael Corleone. According to wire tapes on location, the meeting lasted for 15 minutes.

The county records indicate Volandri is the Godson to this Corleone character. Next day Tom Hagen left for Switzerland for one day. According to tapes, the draw at Rome was discussed. This is Volandri’s home event and he has been trying to win here to boost his sagging career. No agreement was reached.

Next day, a character by the name of Luca Brasi was summoned at Corleone’s office. Luca was transported to Switzerland by a private jet immediately after the meeting. He was later found at the apartment of Federer.

Microphone picked up words like ‘I am going to make you an offer you cannot refuse’. Luca was seeing whispering something in the ears of Federer. Federer bluntly refused the offer. Luca took the flight back home.

That night Federer found a black cat in his bedroom in the middle of the night. Mirka screamed at the ghastly sight. Federer was seeing making a call and essentially accepting the offer.

It was later discovered from the documents seized from Federer’s tennis bag, that it was his agreement to let Volandri win at Rome.

But the documents also indicate that, Federer was clever enough to trade this favor, by insisting that he gets a guarantee in writing that he wins the French Open for the next two years. FBI believe the dizzy spells Nadal is experiencing could be part of this scheme.

FBI is also looking into the shopping trip Mirka had with a lady named Kay Adams when she was visiting Los Angeles during the Indian Wells tournament.

Lot of people have been questioned, the most prominent being a gentleman by the name of Barzini. He denies any knowledge of such activities.

As the investigation progresses many prominent people of the society are being linked to this shocking scandal. In the light of above, the draw at the French Open has been sealed and extra security is being provided for Nadal.

Records of previous tennis legends are being unearthed to detect any questionable activity. More on it as it unfolds.

Please let us know if any of you zombies have any further details on this.

McEnroe not thrilled at Nadal breaking his record.

On winning is 76 match, Nadal surpassed McEnroe’s record of 75 consecutive matches on one surface. McEnroe did it on carpet.

“I’m running out of records,”

The guy seems like he’s unbeatable right now. Doesn’t he ever have a bad day or a headache once in a while or something?,”

“His intensity and quality level is just amazing.”

McEnroe has an amazing 82-3 match record for a year (1984). Federer came within one match of equaling it in 2005.

Federer almost got me and missed out by one match,”

“Now Nadal (has) this one. I’m not surprised though. If I have anything left by the end I’ll be happy.”

Federer fires coach Tony Roche. Thank God!!!

FINALLY. I have been harping about this for the last 200 years. Zombies, sleeping while I was at it, click here.

Hind sight is 20/20, but there was enough freaking evidence not to have gone in that direction in the first place. That’s a loss of 2 1/2 years. But what do they say ‘better late than never’.

Federer, please accept my standing ovation for taking the step. It is obvious you have been reading the posts on this site. I applaud your intelligence for taking my advice. Now I think you are smart.

For heaven’s sake, please make clinical research before hooking up with the next one. Basing it on the guy’s track record would be good start – something you clearly ignored with Roche.

My recommendation is Brad Gilbert. I know, I know – Murray and the stuff. But this is survival of the fittest. Everything is game. If Gilbert agrees, no one can fault him for moving on to a better job. That sounds fair to me.

What’s in it for Gilbert? A lot. He has an incredible track record with Agassi and Roddick and is extremely eager to pad his resume to bring another player to the top of the world – in your case, the world of clay.

I cannot think of anyone else worthy of the assignment. Plus, there is no question that he is not exactly thrilled with his association with Murray, despite the spike in rankings he has been able to generate for his pupil. Click here, for more on that.

Make this a fresh start for the second part of your career. This is the stretch where you will need to rely on many intangibles. It requires professional and meticulous tinkering of the tools in your arsenal to sustain your incredible run.

It needs a new regimen to improve your physical attributes to enable you to keep pace with the younger and more physical field of adversaries. Above all, it is imperative for your belief, confidence and psyche. With Brad in your corner, you will have that from day one, without ramping on to it.

Go for it and this could be a turning point. Good luck.

Here are Federer’s comments.

“I thank Tony very much for his efforts over these last years, during which I appreciated the 12-15 weeks per season we would work together,” Federer said on his site. “I am also grateful for the sacrifice he made, traveling so far from his home in Australia and leaving his family.”

He also added that he needed to ”get back on the practice courts instead of the match courts.”

Nadal barely beats Davydenko. Gonzalez next.

Nadal had to go to the hospital again Thursday for the dizzy spells and some stomach issues. Whatever it was, it certainly seems to have taken its toll, as Nadal was unable to bring his ‘A’ game and dispatch Davydenko with customary ease. He eventually won 7-6(3), 6-7(8), 6-4.

He even lost a set. This is not going to get in done against Gonzalez, who scorched Volandri 6-1, 6-2 to set up the final at Rome. The freaking streak reaches 76.

If Nadal fails to recover completely, Gonzalez will go for the kill from the get go. If you smell blood at this level, you go for the jugular. There is no mercy or ‘excuse me’ here. It seems highly unlikely that Nadal can orchestrate a total return within two days.

This obviously increases the chances of a close and exciting match. With Nadal in full bloom, Gonzalez turning 27 this July, would have had little hope. But now, he may mentally be more confident, seeing the opening.

Gonzalez’s window of reaching finals and winning titles at premier events, is closing fast and he should make the most of this incredible opportunity. He was fortunate that seeded players he could have faced like Federer, Roddick, Blake and Gasquet dropped out early. In fact, he did not face a single seeded player on his way to the finals.

With Nadal faltering, he needs to capitalize.

BTW, did you hear what Davydenko said after the match?

 ”Physically it was pretty difficult but it was good for my fitness. I lost not the tennis, but physically. I was tiring and losing concentration at the end. You try to hit the ball on the line but you make a mistake because you are tired, because your shoulder is tired. I’m not like Nadal physically. He is strong. If I’m better physically I can finish better. He tried to run down every ball. I was suprised. it was amazing. He is physically great.”

Zombies, do you have any freaking doubt, if this match was won solely on guts and not giving up and laying it all out on the court and had very little to do with superior ‘tennis’ skill? Can you imagine what it does to your psyche? Wanna bet, ‘someone else’ would have lost the match in the first set?

These are the accomplishments you remember for ever, not the ones where you bageled people. Go back to your own crazy lives and rate your own achievements. On top of the list, will be the ones you achieved against impossible odds. And that’s the place you go to for inspiration, when you face Goliath, not the freaking bagels.

It looks like a 50-50 chance of either winning. Is there going to be period after 76?