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As my friend lil' K said, after 6.5 hrs including rain delays, there are 2 very sore boys in London at the moment. One of them however, is probably nursing his EGO more than his aching body.
Had he taken the usual Fedexpress approach and converted more than only 1 of those 13 break points, today we wouldn't be asking the question 'are we Fedup with Fedexpress' delivery method'.
You cannot expect to win the Wimbledon final however, when you hit well over 50 unforced errors and squander 12 break point opportunities! His tactic too, choosing to take on the Bull from the back of the court, was also another very dumb approach. There has never been, there isn't and probably there'll never be another one as solid as Rafa from the baseline. Even if they played on ice, Rafa would still demolish Federer from the back of the court. Arghhh It is very frustrating, because Roger has such a huge arsenal of weapons, but still he doesn't choose to use them when he plays Nadal. Please Rog, stop standing on the baseline and hitting that crappy backhand top spin time and time again. Slice that bloody back hand for goodness sake, give him a different look from time to time; come to the net and volley; drag him to the net by giving him a short ball now and then! Federer is the Swiss master but he desperately needs a good coach...
We shouldn't be too hard on Roger though, as there wasn't much between the two with Rafa Nadal winning only 5 more points than Federer (209-205), which proved to be the difference 4 hrs. and 48 minutes later. "I tried everything...Rafa is a deserving champion --he just played fantastic", Roger said.
Nevertheless, I reckon a nice torch for Rafa to hold aloft, would have been alot more appropriate than that Wimbledon trophy. Apart from the most incredible and amazing grand slam final ever, we also experienced the end of an era, with FedOver's six-year, 65-match unbeaten run on grass coming to a grinding halt. Furthermore, as far as the number 1 ranking goes, Rafa has closed the gap on FedOver, and I believe he will replace Roger as the new Number 1 by the end of the year.
Sadly, the grass didn't prove to be greener for Federer - and now we're off to the North American hard courts...
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Nadal, this is ur time.
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