Incredible! What more can anyone say about the finals at Wimbledon this year? Roger gets his 15th Grand Slam title, surpassing Pete Sampras as the all-time winning player in history, and he does it in a 5th set with a final score of 16-14.
That's not all though. The scores of each set were 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14. There were only three breaks in this whole set. It had to look grim for Federer going into the 5th set, knowing he hadn't broken Roddick's serve the whole match, and there would be no tie breaker in the 5th.
But Federer's persistence paid off. Eventually Roddick faltered in just one game, giving Federer the only window he needed, a break, and a 15th career Grand Slam title.
Here is a great article by the BBC that has a lot of commentary about the match from Federer himself. And if you want to truly be a Federer fan, here is a link to Federer's hompage and another link to a fan site with lots of articles and pictures all about #1 ranked Roger Federer.
I found this YouTube video that is a Wimbledon 2009 preview ad that I think shows the build-up and triumph extremely well. Congratulations, Roger. You're the best of all time.
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