The thing about federer

This wimbeldon was a little less fetching for me with Nadal out of the reckoning to defend his title. I must say Federer was good, so was Roddick and the finals were fantastic. The drop shots from Federer were subtle and the serving from Roddick was en route to making him a champion.

The final game was long enough. going into a five setter and finishing with 30 games in the last set. It was entertaining, the flashes of brilliance from both players some spectacular serving and dicey tie breakers. I much rather prefer the serve and volley game with a lot of rallies, but this was, albeit a total exposition of the modern tennis game.

There were many oooh aaah moments on the court. There were many points where I simply got bored. The endless serving without break points, and the break points not converted. There was a point when i thought, "Oh god! let this end". I am sure i will there will be differing views on this.

The thing about roddick's game, he relies on his serve. He's probably the best serve out there, but come on we all remember philipousis. Having a complete game is essential to be the champ. My heart goes out to Roddick, he gave it his all, his best game probably and still ended up losing the title.

Federer on the other hand is an all round player. His technique is a gift and his strokes are treasures themselves. But still, as I saw Federer moving to victory and collect his trophy, the thing i could think of was "this dude was crying the last time around"(Not that I am holding it against him). It has to be said winning the roland garros this season was quite the shock for him and me. I never expected him to play his way out and win at the start of the tournament. Kudos to him on that and of course on the 15th slam with wimbledon getting him to the history books. If rafa was there things would probably have been different. Definitely looking forward to the US Open now.