Well played Roddick! :clap:
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Well played Roddick! :clap:
World number one ranking after 46(??) weeks from Nadal.
Third man after Borg Nadal to win wimbledon - french double.
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A great game to watch. Hats off to Roddick for giving a wonderful fight. At the end I think it was a bit of tiredness which made him to lose his concentration a bit. Nice of him to mention the old legends who were sitting and watching the game.
All the best Andy. Go for it the next time :D
Great win for Roger. I wish him to get more Grand slams in his life. A very good human being who dosenīt have this star allures. He showed his class and why he is the best right now as never lost his concntration during this marathon match. Great to see you playing Roger :D
What a day for Tennis! Roger Federer, destiny's child. A balm in the wounds for this Boris Becker fan, who ended up spending the 90's in despair as that evil american automaton, Pete Sampras, demolished one after another of my cherished Tennis idols. Well, only Edberg, Agassi and Becker but you get the idea. Purely from a personal angle, yesterday was the second half of a masala movie of the 80's where the villain who killed the hero's father gets mercilessly pounded by the hero now. Well, Pete Sampras played the reformed villain, a la Biju Menon in Thambi, and basically said that Federer is God, which is what Biju says about Thambivelu in the climax of Thambi. Delayed, but not denied, recognition.
But thats just the personal angle, and the warped working of a rather human mind.
Coming to Tennis itself, isnt it appropriate that it is Federer, who stands atop the mountain, all alone? Sure, there are the Lavers who won two grandslams. Yet, people who snipe at Roger for no worthy opposition fail to recognise that you could say the same of Laver - his most worthy opponents turned pro while he continued to be amateur. Same goes for Emerson.
What about Sampras himself? His opponents were Becker, Ivanisevic, Agassi, Courier, Chang. Sounds impressive, eh? Except that I remember that painful Sunday evening in 1995 when I watched my then idol Boris Becker, he of the athletic volleys circa 1985, stretched his eyes in disbelief as server after serve stretched away from him. Oh yeah, Sampras beat Boris Becker in a Wimbledon final. Except that it was a washed down Boris, who only had memories of being a fine player in England.
Sure, he beat Ivanisevic, the intimidating ace machine. Then, again, was he any better against Pete than Roddick is against Fed?
Sure, there was Agassi but for a significant period of Pete's career, he was AWOL appraising his own abilities as a playboy.
And despite all this, Pete never made a FO final. Now, juxtapose that with 20 finals for Fed, and 21 consecutive Semis appearances. How's that for consistency?
Well, what else do you have against Fed then? That business about a certain gentleman from Madrid(or is it Mallorca) right?
Well, that gentleman could only dominate Fed when Fed had his own illness to cope with - 2008. And he is out now - and he has none else to blame his injury on - his game is designed for that injury. Anyone can shine a brief period if he brings out a lifetime's worth of energy to a few matches spread over a few months. Which is what Nadal did. Fed may or many not beat Nadal again given that his own decline will start now. But fact remains that he has done what he has done effortlessly - and the injury free run for 7 years is proof that his ability and talent are not dependent on pure fitness and energy. He hasnt had to stretch himself. If your argument is that his opponents are weak, then you have to consider that he brings his A-game only when necessary. How many times have you seen him pound 30 aces? He hit 50 yesterday - only because he needed it. If he brings that sort of game to every match, then basically, we might as well stop conducting tournaments and handover all trophies for next 4 years to him. It speaks a lot of him that he hasnt had to bring his A-game for 90% of his careeer, and yet his records are his. And here's the rub - maybe if he had brought his A game and spent effort on ALL his games, he would have been injured like Nadal is now. So, it is not luck that he isnt injured like Nadal - it is his talent that he didnt have to exert like Nadal to win a few championships which allowed him to spread out his genius and talent over years rather than burn it out in short term.
In every respect, only a baby born in the future's going to be able to challenge Federer for all time great status. Even if Nadal wins another 10 Grandslams.
:happydance: Feddy :happydance:
Annar innum pala sathanaigal puriya iraivanai prathikiraen.. :bow:
very nicely put. Plum, neenga oru all-rounder. cinema, cricket, tennis, music'nu ella section'layum pinni pedal edukareenga. :thumbsup:
Nice post Plum.
I never followed much tennis but still had an inexplicable disfasination for Sampras. So it felt nice to have his record beaten by someone.
Thanks S_C!Quote:
Originally Posted by salaam_chennai
A side note: (probably, PR, you can make sense of this)
Psmith Journalist - the chronicle of Psmith's typical bull-in-china-shop efforts at running a children's magazine during his vacation in New York - basically, his side-kick is a typical Texan no-nonsense young man, who thus describes a fellow aspirant for editor's job - he is, as such stereotypes in literature which PGW was going for with gusto, a shoot-it-from-the hips man who struggles to come to terms with the slick city types such as his comptetior:
I dont remember the beautiful text that PGW wrote, but here's how it goes:
This chap goes for an interview(the city slicker whom the sidekick of Psmith and by extension, PGW himself share disdain for), and he is asked what he is good at:
"Invective, sir".
"What type of invective"
"Just general invective, sir".
He is recruited, much to the chagrin of the knowledgeable, more suited, rough talking sidekick of Psmith. Essentially, the ramble is to say thats what I am good at - general invective :lol:
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Records created by Federer in this Wimbledon
1) Most grand slam titles(15).
2) Most grass court titles(11).
3) Most grand slam finals(20).
4) Most consecutive Wimbledon finals(7).
5) Most years winning multiple GS(5).
6) Holding grand slams on 3 different surfaces simultaneously(USO,FO,Wimbledon) along with Nadal.
Plus, no.1 ranking!!
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