Yesterday in Wimbledon, Roger Federer and Andy Roddick played a tennis match which will be remembered by those who watched it for a long long time. It was an epic battle between a tennis great and a suddenly rejuvenated player. It was interesting to watch between the artistic game of Federer and the streetfighter style of Roddick. Really a superb contrast in style and both showed they are the masters of their chosen style.
Federer was majestic with his game and made superb forehand shots that still mesmerizes crowds. He also made an astonishing 50 over aces during the match which shows his real power behind his artistic moves. Roddick, on the other hand was serving like a machine, without any any long movement. His serving steps are one of the quickest and seems to work well against Federer, who didn't have the time to read Roddicks intentions. This made Roddick's serve unbreakable until the final set.
The first set was won by Roddick and the next two by Federer. In the final set, the game went until 14 set each when Federer won his set. By this time, Roddick seem to be losing his strength. His shots were wayward in this gave Federer the chance to win the 16th set and the only time he broke Roddicks serve.
Quite an amazing finish and in the end the crowd was very appreciative of Roddick because of the tremendous challenge he posed to Federer. Alas, the night belonged to Federer as he broke the Grand Slam record held by his hero Sampras, who was as the venue watching the game. The win also catapulted him to the number one position in men's tennis.
A truly amazing game to watch and a superb game to mark a new Grand record.
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