Federer makes it Five; equals Borg
Posted by Z on July 8th, 2007
Wimbledon 2007 got a men’s final it didn’t deserve. After two weeks of incessant rain delays, arguments about scheduling, complaints about tradition, and a rather very one-sided woman’s final, we got to see 4 hours of glorious tennis.
And at the end of all that, Roger Federer stood Wimbledon champion and for the fifth time in a row. Now he is just 3 grand slams away from Pete Sampras’s record of 14 and chances are he might do it as early as next year. Federer edged the final in five tough sets 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2. He did admit that luck had played a big part cause Nadal had 4 break points in the fifth set but couldn’t convert any of them.
Rafael Nadal might have ended up with the silver plate, but there is no doubt that we were seeing a future Wimbledon Champion. Now, I can’t wait for the U.S. open; to see these two to slug it on a surface other than grass or clay. Nadal still holds the edge 8-5 in the head to head. And for years we have been wondering if Federer will win the French and achieve the career Grand Slam, but now I feel there is an equally good chance that Nadal might do the same. In fact, the odds on Nadal are achieveing it are about as good.
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July 9th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Good read! the game is benefiting the most from this two great sportspersons!
July 12th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Exactly! Nadal edges past federer in that he has shown to be better on grass than federer has been as clay..and as such the odds of Nadal grabbing another record from borg, that of bagging both the french open and the wimbledon suddenly seems huge….go Rafael!