Hardly anyone gave Andy Roddick any chance going into this Wimbledon Final . Even I was quite certain Federer will get past him with ease . Thats a common verdict if its not a Federer vs Nadal final . But Andy proved everyone wrong . He was the better player all the way through until the end . Well one got to be lucky to win such type of marathon matches . Federer , unlike last year , turned out to be the lucky one this year .
Right from the first set itself , Roddick was serving rockets . Federer was able to break Andy’s serve just once in the entire match , and that too the last game of the match , which proved to be decisive . Counting three years in a row , Wimbledon final has been a thriller .
I feel sorry for Roddick . As he said , he will be back to get his name among greats like Pete , Roger , Bjorn and Laver . And I truly hope he does . He has surely got his game up by a few notches . He is not the same Andy Roddick as the one two years ago . The way he played today , he was just magnificent .
And coming back to Federer . He is now the greatest Grand Slam player ever with 15 majors under his belt , surpassing great Pete Sampras . He jolted 50 aces to win the final 5-7 7-6 7-6 3-6 16-14 . With 6 Wimbledon titles under his belt , he is just one step away from equalling Sampras’ record of 7 Wimbledon Titles . Great going Fedex . Great going Andy . The two Gladiators .
Its a great match of Power tennis Harsh.. I really loved it…
Roger got the nerves and he prevailed… you could have sensed that in the last 2 or 3 serves of Roddick… Federer tried to break him but Roddick didn’t came near to break Roger’s serve.. there are lot of aces from Roger at crucial times…
But Roddick was the better player today… lost his serve only one time in the whole match and that proved to be decisive one
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My interest in Tennis ended the day Steffi retired!!!
But yes this match evidently was very good!!!
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tennis? pass!
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not a keen follower of tennis anymore but yeah the tennis talk all over the blogosphere is contagious
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Oh yeah, all hail the champion. Federer rules
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Tennis Tennis everywhere. I wish I was following it.
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