Federer Wins #15
Roger Federer wins his 15th grand slam title at Wimbledon. First, let me congratulate Andy Roddick, who played a whale of a match. In the past, he seemed to have some mental problems. He would make a couple of bad shots, he would get down on himself and he would over hit and beat himself. That did not happen today. Roddick had multiple opportunities to hang his head and begin self-doubt. Andy Roddick played the best match that I’ve ever seen someone play who lost. His serve was amazing. His backhand was steady. He had great net play.
Rafael Nadal is the only tennis player in the world I’ve seen who has the ability to beat up Roger Federer. He seems to overpower and outhustle him. He just seems to be a split-second faster and stronger. Last year was the best Wimbledon final that I had ever seen. Unfortunately, Nadal pulled out of Wimbledon with an injury.
Roger Federer is a machine that just seems to dig deep. I’ve seen a lot of tennis over the last 35 years. I’ve seen Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, to name a few. All of these great players had some flaw in their game. Agassi hated the net. John McEnroe could be somewhat erratic, especially at the baseline. If Pete Sampras couldn’t find his rhythm, he would struggle. Roger Federer seems to do everything well. He has a great serve and volley. He has great groundstrokes from the baseline. He even has a very smooth drop shot when necessary. I’ve never seen him really flustered. He just keeps playing. That’s what he did today. He had Andy Roddick down 2-1 sets. Roddick cruised through the fourth set and had a couple of opportunities in the fifth set. Federer just kept playing his game and that’s why he is one of 15 grand slam championships. In my opinion, Federer was the best ever.
