whiplash1972 Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 8-8 in the 5th set as I type this. This is one of those matches where it is truly a shame that someone has to lose.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsf Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 9 all now! Wow! What a set! What a match! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiplash1972 Posted July 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Awesome match. Congrats to Federer as he now stands alone with 15 major titles, and congrats to Roddick for playing one helluva great match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faron Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Great match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66 mustang Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 watched it and I feel for Roddick. The guy just came along at the wrong time, much like the good players that were playing in the Jordan era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Think Roddick might have blown his one last chance at the title. I mean next year Nadal will be back hungrier than ever and Murray will be a year better. Felt sorry for him.....but you have to hand it to Federer. He pulls out all the stops when it matters. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 The only thing not awesome about this was that it started at 11pm on Sunday night Australian time. I drifted off around the 4th set but was still up and about at 4am at the conclusion of this f*cker. Congrats to Federer, but man I was hoping Roddick would get this one. Poor bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharatan Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 boring game....i watched 2nd etap of tour de france most of the time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC_AOR Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 As good as these players are, I must say that modern tennis is so unspectacular in comparison to the 90's and early 00's. There's no doubt Federer is an amazing, almost flawless player, but no one these days gives us the excitement and mixture of playing styles that Samprass, Agassi, Rafter, Becker etc. gave us. I'd love to see more serve-volley players come into the game again...that's were the real excitement of tennis can come from. Watching two base line players with heavy serves smash a ball at each other for 4 hours looses it's excitement after a while. Especially when the serves are so damn fast no one can break serve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Yeah, I agree mate. I grew up with tennis and I prefer the game of about a decade ago by so much. There used to be so many good players, so many good contests. The players out there these days are freakishly good, but nowhere near as interesting to watch. And the female side of tennis is a trainwreck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIM (2) Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Gotta feel for Roddick, he really played awesome. Pretty dull to watch though, and agree with everyone else that although the level of technicality has gone up the level of entertainment has dropped of a cliff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Last years final was actually much more exciting in terms of play. Roddick is a bit of smashing machine and relies too much on his serve. Have to add tho that Im confused somewhat - I mean, when I used to watch McEnroe at his peak it was even more boring. No rally lasted more than 3 shots on his serve. ie Serve > return (badly) > volley out. That was pretty much it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 I think the last truly great Wimbledon final I can remember was Rafter vs. Ivanisavic. Heartbreaker for me because aside from being Aussie I always liked Rafter regardless, and wanted so badly for him to win. BUT, Ivanisavic was always my favourite non-Aussie player of all time and on the other hand I was happy for him that he won, but crushed for Rafter. Either way, that game was off the charts. Amazing match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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