Olivier Rochus is the cutest tennis player ever. He's tiny (only 1.64m), but can make it a big player like Marat Safin (1.93m) quite difficult, because his little legs take him everywhere on time. Not big enough to hit an ace, he's short enough to run.
But what makes him the most adorable player in the Australian Open, is his behaviour besides the court when he's interviewed. A little snippet of an interview when he ended up in the fourth round, totally unexpected:
And about his last double match with Xavier Malisse, that they lost because they were laughing their asses off most of the time:
But what makes him the most adorable player in the Australian Open, is his behaviour besides the court when he's interviewed. A little snippet of an interview when he ended up in the fourth round, totally unexpected:
"You had tickets for tomorrow."
"What tickets?"
"You had tickets to go home tomorrow."
"Well yeah, I think I have to change those then."
And about his last double match with Xavier Malisse, that they lost because they were laughing their asses off most of the time:
"We had fun today. That's what counts."