Wimbledon Wrap
What a weekend of tennis at the All England Club! At home, the beach was beckoning me away from my TV, but I simply couldn’t tear myself away from the action. You almost have to feel bad for the Williams sisters, who played a very competitive match that was one of the most enjoyable Women’s matches of the entire fortnight. However, that match will obviously be a footnote, at best, to the epic final between Federer and Nadal that lasted an entire day with rain delays, with almost five hours of tennis action.
There is one saying that wraps up the Men’s Final, which saw Nadal dethrone the five time reigning champ 9-7 in the fifth set, albeit a bit cheesy – “At the end of the day, tennis was the real winner.” I was rooting for Federer, mainly because I am sick and tired of hearing about his demise, but I hope people realized after that match yesterday – this is not about the demise of Federer, this is all about the rise of Nadal. In my opinion, Federer played the same level of tennis he generally played the last 65 matches he won on grass. Could he have played a few of those break points better? Of course. But if yesterday’s Roger Federer played last year’s Nadal, I submit Federer would have won. Unfortunately for Federer, and the rest of the ATP, Nadal has risen above and beyond all, and is the best tennis player in the world.
Here is how some others said it, most likely better than myself: