Well years down the line u may recollect 6 july 2008... as the day when Federer's days as king of tennis ended....may be not...
I am a Federer fan..no 2 ways abt tht and accepting Nadal as the new no 1 would be the toughest thing for me to accept..
Nadal has come a long way from being a clay court specialist...he has worked hard to improve his game on the grass and he deserves all the credit for his work ethic..the very next day after he won the French Open, he was playing in the Queen's London, because he wanted to win this one more than ever....he wanted to win Wimbledon..
Its a fact tht he has not done justice on the hard courts, but then again who will bet against him to change that record too...He has won the french and wimbledon in the same year..the first player after Borg in 28 years... He is the best player today .. he is the new King of tennis...
As far as Federer goes, it would be tough to replicate wht he did for year after year...( i had written tht earlier too in my blogs...).. but which road does he head too???
For the first time in 3 years, he only has one grand slam..THE US Open...which he would defend this august..and it would be tough to do so....
Time waits for no one.. and may be his time at the top is gonna end soon...but he would not go out with out a fight..he showed tht on Wimbledon after tht french debacle.....It is always sad to see a top athlete, an immortal athlete of his time going through the phases of mortality....it was same with Sampras....it would be same with Federer....
Federer has taken me on a journey of a lifetime, on some of the best sporting moments i have ever seen, his shortmaking, his grace on and off the court has always mesmerized me, i hve been lucky tht my years in college coincided with his time on the top of his game, and i was able to catch most of tht... may be his time at the top is over...
but....i still hope to be proved wrong......
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All those who had the patience to stay up witnessed one of the greatest matches ever..oh wait..mcenroe said its the greatest match ever...it was surreal...everything about that match was surreal....
Forget about losig his wimbledon crown..down the years fed ex would feel privileged to be part of this great match!!!
@ harsh
true man...very true.. but then again this could be the the begin of decline...the way sampras went after losing in wimbledon..
hmmmm...i don believe...federer said "i m coming next year",after d match,just goes to show his intensions.He was out of sorts at d start bt d way he came back ws sumthing rly special and he still has it in him.i feel unlike sampras,dis man will come back,and wil show 2 d world dat he is still d champ...watch out...future has federer in store fr us...
@ shubham.. dude i am talking abt lofty heights he has set for himself.. 2006 he lost 5 matches... 2005 he lost 4.. this year he has lost 9... no major tournament.. no master series... so thts wht i mean by decline....
ok he lost 9 this year....but his track record as been great last year....wat my point was...dat let him give sum tym...lets see wats his record next year...i just wanna see his comeback...d question is wil that be strong enough,unlyk smapras???
that will deteermine whether he is declining or not...
@ shubham
fair enough..
am not a tennis fan so nothing more to add but just wanted to mention that I liked the pic of federer you selected..
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