WIMBLEDON '07!

Bjorn Borg was probably confused on whether he should be sad or happy over Federer's record equalling 5 consecutive Wimbledon titles. Something struck Federer when trailing 5-1 on set 4 which gave him much needed confidence when he held his serve and started fresh in the next and final set. He came back twice in the final set from 15-40 down to finally win the set and the Championship.

This match undoubtedly happens to be the best match I have seen till now. A 5th set that eluded Federer for a long time came against a "Never give up" guy Nadal. The match was so much tensed that I took a couple of rest-room breaks and also was sweating by the time match ended. It was simly superb, the quality of tennis by both the players was amazing. Federer's strong point for this match happened to be his serve. Though Nadal broke Federer 4 times in the match, Federer's serve came handy during the crucial tie-breaks and also when was facing breakpoints in the final set.The final 2 sets seemed more like a mind game and the one with greater mental stability won the set sailing on unforced errors by his opponent.Now I look forward to more such Finals in coming Grand Slams.



















The whole Wimbledon championship this time was quite interesting with one match running 5 days (Nadal-Solderling 5 setter) and other 5 hours (Jokovic-Baghdatis)! This is no contrast though; the 5 day match was because of rain delays. The events that I found to be most intersting are: Serena's win against Hantuchova even after that terrible cramp she had on the court, Jokovic playing Nadal in the semi-finals even when he seemed almost dead from first second of the match, Bartoli somehow making it to the finals with her strange serving action and double handed forehand and backhand, players like Baghdatis, Jokovic, Nadal, Federer playing everyday (or really long matches) for last 3-4 days to offset the rain delay and finally Nadal pushing Federer to 5 setter (he almost won there).

All in all, it was a happy ending that made Federer cry again! He also cried in Australia when Rod Laver presented him the Championship trophy. Hope I get to see Federer match on a grass court live before he retires or starts his fall from the peak.

My list of players to watch for in tennis to come - Federer, Nadal, Sharapova, Serena Williams, Jokovic, Baghdatis, Davydenko and Ana Ivanovic.