Wimbledon 2008, Men’s Singles Final… WHAT A MATCH….
WHOA… All the Tennis lovers around the world who watched the Wimbledon 2008 Men’s Singles Final on Sunday the 7th of July 2008 will agree that the match was a stunner. Nadal might have won the championship BUT, having said that, one must remember the way Federer was fighting back all the time.
The longest final ever in Wimbledon history and a title for a Spaniard after 42 LONG years. wow. It simply cannot get better than this. With the scores of 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(9), 9-7, Rafael Nadal became only the second Spaniard to win the Wimbledon title. The match lasted for almost 4 hours and 50 minutes.
Along with some spectacular play, there was some drama added in the match due to 3 rain interruptions. The first came before the match, second came during set 3 and last in set 5. And then there was wind. A lot of wind. Really, no words can describe the match. Simply Brilliant. I am very happy to have witnessed one of the greatest tennis matches ever.
With whatevr knowledge I have about tennis, there were some things I noticed. One was, for the first time I saw that Nadal was making a lot of use of the drop shot and some spinning volleys. It was good to see some touch of elegance along with the power play. Also the second server top spins of Nadal have improved a lot.
Now about Federer. The one thing I noticed about him today. He was looking a little anxious. Or little excited maybe. I don’t know why, but I have never seen Federer not being able to return the serves of his opponents for 30-35 odd times. The nerve he showed was brilliant. He literally saved the match for some 20 occasions and that includes 3 championship points too. The way he came back. Awesome.
Really, I am sure that this match will be remembered for a long time, not only by Nadal’s supporters but of Federer’s too. It was a day when the game, the level of play was above all the rest. I have nothing else to say cause I am stunned by what I have seen…
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Aditya July 12th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
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