Monday, July 7, 2008

KING OF CLAY IS NOW KING OF GRASS???

The day has finally arrived to end the dominance of the grass court champion Roger Federer who ruled the Wimbledon for 5 years.Rafal Nadal defeated Roger Federer 6-4,6-4,6-7(5/7),6-7(8/10),9-7.These two modern day champions entered the center court for their glory.Roger Federer to make it for the sixth consecutive title and Rafal Nadal to win both the French Open and Wimbledon in the same calendar year.Both had perfect matches before entering into the final,but the day belongs to the Spaniard.Those who have watched this game lively will surely rate it as the greatest match in their history.Both these masters of different courts had given their best to mark a great final in the Wimbledon history.It was the longest ever battle in the history of Wimbledon lasting for 4hours 48minutes.
Rafal Nadal quickly wrapped up the first set with 6-4.In the second set Federer showed his brilliance to break Nadal serve and make it as 4-1 at one stage.But Nadal turned the second set to his name with five consecutive games(6-4).Federer lost the momentum in first 2 sets with the number of unforced errors from his forehand.In the third set Federer fought for a great comeback in his history and he managed to win the set in the tie-breaker.The fourth set was once belong to Nadal in the tie break having 3 championship points advantage.But Federer canceled the third championship point with a glorious backhand shot which is probably the point of the match.Then Federer won the 4th set to extend it to a 5 set encounter like last year.Match was suspended for the second time when the score was 2-2 in the final set.At this stage it looks like Federer gaining the momentum over the Spaniard but Nadal pulled the fortune to his side to make a history.Now he joins Rod Laver,Bjorn Borg and Andre Agassi to win both the French open and Wimbledon.This will be another enjoying week for the people of Spain after winning the Euro2008 last week.

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