Not shy about my Federer man-crush

Sorry, Jack Bauer. But we're through. Been that way for a couple years, ever since you started developing feelings and love interests instead of just killing bad people. It was nice of you to fill the void when Mike Piazza left, but there's someone else now. Roger Federer is the only one.

Ask anyone in the edit room - my obsession with Federer shot-making naughtiness borders the line between appreciative and unhealthy. It's customary to yell out a Sopranos-style "Oh!" after every amazing shot. And at Wimbledon, that happens a ton. Like a couple minutes ago when, on two consecutive points, he hit backhand and forehand return winners to break Ivo Karlovic on his way to taking the first set 6-3.

We'll be keeping an Oh! tracker throughout his match.

UPDATE - 2:03: So far, an extremely dull match. After Federer got his break, he seems to be cruising and letting Karlovich get his points on serve (Ivo hits absolute bombs). It's also been way too easy for Federer on his serve as well (There's not much else to Ivo's game). Looking like we're headed for a tiebreak in the 2nd set.

UPDATE - 2:09: OH! OH! OH! OH! Federer just ripped off four straight points on Karlovic's serve to break and go up 6-5. One of them was a return winner. That outburst came out of nowhere. And Karlovic really showed he has no other shots in his arsenal. Feds up 2 sets. Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic is down 1 set to Tommy Haas.

UPDATE - 2:14: Karlovic has ditched the shades. That must've been the problem.

UPDATE - 2:24: OH! Federer with a great forehand winner down the line to stay on serve at 2-2 in the 3rd. One of the few chances he's had a chance to hit a winner because Karlovic keeps making errors.

UPDATE - 2:32: Shocking, but Karlovic just took Federer to deuce.

UPDATE - 2:32: And Feds ripped off 2 points in about 16 seconds to take the game.

UPDATE - 2:45: Karlovic just held serve at 6-5, so now we're very confident a tiebreak is coming.

UPDATE - 2:50: Mini-break for Feds. This one should be over shortly.

UPDATE - 2:52: OH! Up 5-2 in the tiebreak, Feds rips a backhand by Karlovic that clips the baseline. Match point now.

UPDATE - 2:54: OH! Convinced that Feds dropped in a get-me-over serve, just so Karlovic could hit a weak return and set him up for his signature corsscourt forehand. Game, set, match. On to the semis, where it could be Haas, who's up 2 sets on Djokovic.

-Matt Casey