The men's 2008 Wimbledon final on Sunday is already being talked about as one of the best tennis matches, if not sporting encounters, in history. More details at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7493099.stm Thoughts?
this was the best match ive ever seen however i feel this is the end of roger as number one. but this match was great for the game i think it was the most watched final in a LONG time
I dont usually watch sports but this i defanitely watched! My dad plays tennis so he filled me on the stats before i sat down to watch and i must say i've seen some pretty good tennis played before but, my god! that was amazing tennis! Although for an athlete Roger is leaving the perfect age range and Rafa is truly just getting to his prime so you had to be expecting something like this even with last years finals...
I hated this match. I love rafael nadal, but i'm an even larger roger federer fan. My heart was racing during the entire 4th and 5th sets...i could only wonder what the players were going through...
omg i saw like 10 mins of it, but the highlights on sports center were rediculous, some really great vollies. but yeah like most of you guys i'd rather federer win
great game, stayed up till 5am to watch it all, thought rafa would win it in 3 but glad he won it eventually
Gah, too bad Rafa can't do smack on hard court. The ball moves too fast for him to run around and catch every ball.. heck even Andy Roddick could beat Rafa on hard court. -.-" Hopefully Federer can win a grand slam at the US Open... just gotta beat out Djockovic.
indeed i think id beat him on hard cort. how ever i think Djockovic has been having a good year looks to be playing well my bet is on him for us open (+hes my fave player loved way he called out Federer lol)
I watched from the 3rd set on. Man was it a match. I saw it at 6-4,6-4 and thought Nadal has it. Fed wins the 3rd set and I knew he wasn't going away quietly. Man this was a match for the ages.
This is most classic game in Wimbledon.Other classic game : Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe (1982);Pete Sampras - Goran Ivanisevic (1998)...
the match was gut wrenching....you dont know whos gonna win.... bad for federer..losing on his beloved grass... federer didnt play his "magical game" im kinda sad he lost...didnt want him to lose his #1 this way
It was such a tense-ful match! I couldn't imagine how nerve wrecking it must have been for both of them.
I think Federer has had his time, eventually the next generation catches up, although at the momemnt Federers experience IMO makes him better for now, but Nadal is only getting stronger and he is quick to boot!