Take a bow to King Federer!
Wanted to blog about this earlier, but did not get a chance..
I stayed up till 3 am to watch the Australian Mens Open finale..and it was worth it.. Baghatis, was the crowd hero! With the white and blue Cyprian stripes ruling the roost..The crowd was boisterous, noisy and infact intimidating at times..
But not for the king!
He started of nervously, got broken in the second service game, broke back.. At 5 all, he lost his serve again, and eventually the set. At times, it looked as if he was disinterested playing at all.. Down a break again in the second set, Federer decided to up the gears.. He moved from 2nd gear to 3rd, but was far away from his best..Still fighting himself, not Baghdatis, at 5 all, upped the tempo, to steal the set.
Then he came into his own! The 3rd set was just sublime!!! 12 games in a row, 6-0 in the third, and 3-0 in the 4th. That period of tennis was just unfair. A mere mortal like Marcos, was made to fight God himself. The ease, the finesse, the beauty, the not-to-fussy approach, Federer was right amongs them all!
Federer, the champ, provided just a glimpse of his awesome talent. There was a time when Dravid said, in the off-side, there is god, and then there is ganguly. Now in tennis, there is Federer and then there is god!
I stayed up till 3 am to watch the Australian Mens Open finale..and it was worth it.. Baghatis, was the crowd hero! With the white and blue Cyprian stripes ruling the roost..The crowd was boisterous, noisy and infact intimidating at times..
But not for the king!
He started of nervously, got broken in the second service game, broke back.. At 5 all, he lost his serve again, and eventually the set. At times, it looked as if he was disinterested playing at all.. Down a break again in the second set, Federer decided to up the gears.. He moved from 2nd gear to 3rd, but was far away from his best..Still fighting himself, not Baghdatis, at 5 all, upped the tempo, to steal the set.
Then he came into his own! The 3rd set was just sublime!!! 12 games in a row, 6-0 in the third, and 3-0 in the 4th. That period of tennis was just unfair. A mere mortal like Marcos, was made to fight God himself. The ease, the finesse, the beauty, the not-to-fussy approach, Federer was right amongs them all!
Federer, the champ, provided just a glimpse of his awesome talent. There was a time when Dravid said, in the off-side, there is god, and then there is ganguly. Now in tennis, there is Federer and then there is god!
posted by Mrinalya at
3:31 PM
2 Comments:
Fedrer is good. But am not sure if he is as good as Sampras was. (Why do i compare?)
But am sure he is the best in business now.
Dei,
Federer is miles away from Sampras da... If you haven't watched him yet, please do watch..
Sampras has a top serve and exceptioanl volleys. But this guy has got everything! He beats the best of baseliners standing in baseline, plays serve and volley in wimbledon. He does EVERYTHING! Believe me. He is better than Sampras quite simply because he can win a grand slam that Sampras did not. The French Open. He was a semi-finalist last year and lost of Nadal. Lets see what happens this year.
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