Gstaad (Switzerland), July 10: After his Wimbledon triumph and a laborious opening round victory at the Swiss Open, Roger Federer yesterday turned his attention to more pressing matters -- where to settle his new cow Juliette.
Federer found himself in a quandry after Swiss Open tournament organisers honoured him with the tan and white Bernese Oberlander during a ceremony Tuesday to celebrate his Wimbledon title.
"It was a nice surprise, but now I don't know where I am going to keep her," Federer said of his new 800-kg friend. "May be it would be better to leave her in the mountains. She will be happier there than in the streets of Basel," he said, referring to his hometown in Northern Switzerland.
The 21-year-old Federer was also considering changing her name. During the ceremony, spectators were stamping their feet and chanting 'Wimbledon' as a new name for the bewildered cow, grandly outfitted in a large bell and a bright garland of flowers.
"In fact, Juliette was the name written on the paper but may be I will choose another. I have to speak to her in private first," he joked.


Bureau Report