The Wimbledon tennis championship got underway today complete with a new roof on centre court. The 2008 men’s champion Rafael Nadal will not be defending his title after injury forced him to withdraw from this year’s tournament. His absence will make the draw more attractive for the trio of Federer, Murray and Djokovic.
Federer was always going to provide the main challenge to Nadal. Now the Spaniard is out of the way some people are already favouring a Federer triumph. This could work against the former champion. If he subconsciously believes the tournament is a mere formality then he could be in for a shock.
If Federer is to add to his collection of Wimbledon titles then he will need to produce something like his best tennis. There are plenty of opponents who would enjoy progressing at his expense. Murray, Djokovic and Roddick are just three players who will benefit just as much from the absence of the current champion. There are plenty of others who also lay in wait.
There is no doubt that the smart money is going to be on Federer. At this stage of his career, a grand slam with no Nadal is a welcome bonus. Even so the title will not be handed to him on a plate.
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Monday, 22 June 2009
Wimbledon Gets Underway Without Nadal
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I am very dissapointed at the behavior of the American Press regarding the Federer/Roddick final match @ Wimbledon. They(the Press) seem to believe that Federer should not have won or should have conceeded to Roddick. Who the hell is Roddick? If you go to Wimbledon and are not up to snuff, you will leave empty-handed or without the aim of your visit. Either way, you're not leaving with the coveted gold cup! Turning our attention to the supposed heart of the whole furor, the Pete Sampras record that stoof for some years. So Pete had a record and now it is broken.I didn't see him crying or upset. But what the American Press seemed to want was the record to stand and Roddick to win sealing the fate of Federer not to eclipse the achievement of Pete while retaining glory for America. Why should he? And to you Andy, I really never cared for you as an athlete. Way too pompious with little or nothing to show! You actually complained when Federer spoke to you and said that he has 5 titles. So I guess that he should have GIVEN you this one. That was just tacky. But you are an American and that is probably the explanation for that.
I am real sorry that Nadal was out because you would have not gotten that far and all this foolishness would never have happened. Simple!
America needs to listen to their President regarding the view of their country in the eyes of the remainder of the world. People are sick of their acting out at every potential(real or perceived)chance they get to do so. Being synical or un-necessarily critical of others, self-righteous and downright petty.The world is basically sick of you. Let me with that say that Mr.McEnroe should be released as a commentator. He is too biased and ignortant. And for someone who was the absolute WORST behaved player in the modern history of the game, in my eyes, he has zero credibility to be talking the sort of slackness that he does. Roddick can only hit hard. He has no real shots, no real game play, and no head! He is all about wacking down the opponent with his big serve. If you break his serve at all, he's dead meat! Add to that, the fact that after 4 hrs plus of game play, he didn't seem to be tired makes me wonder if he is now in the league of Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire and Flo-Jo. Seems like these US athletes will stop at nothing to win. Fortunately,(or not)that kind of model is un-sustainable and they quickly bow out with phantom injuries or other "smoke-puff" excuses when they are about to be discovered.
The long and short is this:
Wimbledon is done!
Federer won!
Roddick lost!
Nike capitalizes!
History is written!
Everything else related is MOOT!
The Sampras record was always going to be broken by Federer. He will add a few more to his tally before the end of his career.
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