My favourite two weeks of the year...

... when Wimbledon is on.

This is definitely the best tennis tournament in the world, still played on grass, players wear white and sponsorship is not on every corner of the stadium, just like 100 years ago. For this reason Wimbledon has a touch of magic the other Grand Slams tournaments will never have.

To be honest, I am against the new roof on Central Court, which will be ready by next year. The possibility to play when it rains will help TV coverage and will allow the spectators on Central Court not to miss a ball, but it will take away a very important variable to Wimbledon matches: rain is an unpredictable possibility in a tennis match and sometimes it can be the deciding factor between winning and losing. If life was a tennis match, rain could be called destiny or God.

Remember Wimbledon 2001? Tim Henman, the best English hope in 70 odd years, was cruising through the match with Goran Ivanisevic. The match was going in Henman's direction until... the rain decided to fall. Match suspended and when the two players came back it was a completely different match and we all know how it ended: Ivanisevic won and Henman lost. It was unfair, I agree, but life is unfair too and tennis is a true metaphor for life: you play by yourself, anything can happen (good or bad) and you never know when the end arrives.

Talking about end, I am not so sure Roger Federer will win again this year. He is my favourite player because he plays with style and has amazing shots but I have bet on Nadal at 9-1 a couple of weeks ago (compared to Federer at 2.5-1) and I think Nadal could win the title this year.

Let's see if King Roger will prove me wrong.