Andy Roddick, the man with the booming serve in tennis. Federer the man who does'nt have a weakness in the game of tennis. Both meet for the finals of Wimbledon 2009. Everyone expects federer to win 3-0. Did it happen ? No. From where did roddick get this game he played today ? It could be a part of the gameplan that he devised with his new coach.In terms of the services and aces, one cant really say that roddick had an advantage. Yes, he was serving well but a look at the number of aces reveal otherwise. Federer, with his slower yet consistent and accurate service has been better in the department. Both players struggled to break each other. Unbelievable !!
The second set should have been taken by Roddick when he had the tiebreaker to his advantage at 4-1. No wonder that roddick was so upset at the end of the game. The final set went to an incredible 16-14 game. The difference between the 2 players in the 5th set was - Roddick served well but federer was able to handle his services more often but roddick was able to finish his service games. However, interestingly, federer's services were more accurate and many of the games were love games. This itself was enough for anyone to predict by the time the score was close to 10-10 that it was federer who had the best chance to break roddick's serve.
Well, roddick deserved to win,but for someone who missed his best opportunities, the crown was not to be his. Federer's victory, if it were in straight sets, would not have been that sweet. But this tough game will serve 2 purposes. one that federer can be hailed as the greatest player of all time and the second that federer will remember that anybody on his best day can defeat any great player anytime !