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Alice

I love what you said there, in the end: Tennis wins! and we all have great taste with our favourite sport! Beautiful recap

Roger is truly a champion because he wins the points that matter most. He digs deep and stays focused when it truly matters. I think Roddick had a momentary–but fatal–lapse in that last game. So there lies all the difference.

I think in the two weeks of Wimbledon, I felt so confident about Roger’s game, I felt I could share the love with other players who needed silent cheering. Like Roddick.

Anyway, after that epic, I can still say that in the end, my man Roger made! So that should be good…

Of course I know Boris is right, but tennis a great tennis match is like great theater or literature – it’s hard not to get swept up in the story! In this case, it was a bit of a melodrama for me.

I guess it’s healthy for the sport to pick sides and root for one guy over the other. But I tend to identify with these players as individuals, which makes it harder for me to hate on them (I try my best with Murray and Djokovic sometimes, but then I feel bad!) Unlike, say, the Lakers or the Dallas Cowboys who have safety in numbers.

Funny thing is, of course, that Andy, Roger and Rafa all respect one another and could care less about the stuff that these people are obsessing over. It takes away from the match, in my opinion.

Don’t get why people hate Fed – he’s made our sport better. As has Rafa coming along and giving him a run for his money.

Gosh, I’m annoyingly uncontroversial! Fed RULEZ!!!!

Thanks for visiting, qwezar!

Boris Becker when he lost in 2nd round in Wimbledon 1987 against Peter Doohan. Becker was supposed to win his third Wimbledon title in a row.

I was cheering for Roddick at the end. I’m happy for Roger and sad for Andy. But like Boris said, nobody died. I wanted to tell this Craig Hickman, but it’s too much of a hassle to register for his blog.

It’s kinda nice this way though – to see Federer so tested, and reach 15 in a more humbling fashion rather than a complete blow-out. Better for tennis too that we’ve had more EPIC grand slam finals than routine ones. But I can say this now, even though I wasn’t so cool with it last night.

Oh yeah thanks for the fab Wimbly coverage, the tennis party etc … didn’t pop in last night coz I was obviously half dead!

Some of those people think Federer is the devil incarnate. It’s a little scary. As a Federer fan myself, your blog is more pleasant, but it’s interesting to see the other side too.

I think Federer haters have simply lost a little perspective – in any other sport, Federer would be considered humble to the point of deadly boredom, and with ho-hum marketing. (Check Chad Jennings or Lebron James for true arrogance and self-promotion, without having actually won anything) Yet Fed has quantifiably racked up more accomplishments than any athlete of his generation, including Tiger Woods. He has walked the walk to unprecedented heights, and in my opinion he’s earned the right to talk any talk he wants.

Frankly i think tennis would be spiced up a bit with some good old fashioned trash talking, but everyone’s too nice.

“If you can deal with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same.”

I dunno if I could do it. The Gentlemen did well.

So as much as I like Andy and respected his game today and would root for him in this situation against almost any other opponent, I couldn’t avoid the fanatic in me kicking in!

But of course as soon as it was over and Andy was looking so upset I wished that I had been a better person!

I think Brendan makes an interesting point about comparing the quality of play. I’m one of those who felt that the stats were closer than I guess they were. In my defense, I’d say this probably has to do with how much better Roddick performed today against Roger than in the past. He almost made it 3-18!

Nevertheless, I’m truly happy for Roger! We’ve all seen him struggle and suffering really tough losses as well. I guess, this was his time, and thank God it came!