This by far is my favourite WIMBLEDON. The come back of my beloved MARAT SAFIN and the dramatic and shocking final match.
WELCOME BACK MARAT SAFIN!
Dia sangat HOT & HENSEM ok! He was the two times Grand Slam Champion and former number ONE. When he was on top, he battled with injury that caused him his title and rank. After resting for quite sometime due to knee operation, his joined the back the tour with a hope - to regain his no.1 spot back and more titles. Sadly the operation caused him a lot. He didn't play like his previous game. Probably because of the side effect of the knee injury. Bottom line, everything just went wrong. In fact he also unable to exceed the quarter finals round.
BUT..2008 WIMBLEDON makes him my hero!!Ranked at No. 75, Safin entered the Wimbledon where he defeated Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-2, 7-6(3) in the first round. In the second round he defeated No. 3 player and 2008 Australian Open Champion Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-6(3), 6-2. Safin's victory came as a shock as Djokovic was described as a "serious contender" to win the tournament. In the third round, he played the 29th seed Andreas Seppi and beat him 7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4. In the Round of 16 he defeated Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1. This was the first time he had reached the Quarterfinals in a major tournament since the 2005 Australian Open. Safin went on to defeat Feliciano Lopez 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(1), 6-3 in the Quarterfinals to set up a Semifinal clash with defending champion Roger Federer. This reminds me of the 2005 Australian Open Semifinal which Safin won. Unfortunately in Wimbledon, Safin lost the match 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-4. His run to the Semifinals was his best record in Wimbledon and made him the first Russian to ever reach a Wimbledon semifinal.After this run at Wimbledon pushed him back into the Top 40, from a position of #75, he has stated his wish to be seeded for the 2008 US Open (#32 or above).
Owhh..I'm so proud of him. Hanya 4/50 Warren Street saja yg tau mcm ne gile and tak betul i was masa Marat's game. Sanggup download Sopcast ok!..sbb bangang nye foxtel x tunjuk game Marat..hehe. Seriously, when the match between Marat & Roger, i dunno who's gonna win. Obviously berat kat Roger sikit, but in the same time I was thinkin 'lets not underestimate Marat cos he defeated Novak'. Although Marat lost to Roger, I like his sportsmanship spirit during the press conference. He said that Roger is already a legend. Someday he can tell his children and grandchildren he played the great one and he believed that Roger can exceed Sampras's record and become the greatest player in tennis history..Aww..isn't that cute!!!LOVE MARAT SO DAMN VERY MUCH!!
(isn't he yummy!!hehe)OOps..Venus did it AGAIN!
Venus made her 3rd consecutive Wimbledon title this year, making her 5th Wimbledon title (she also won it in 2000 and 2001. She took her sister Serena Williams in the finals and won it 7-5, 6-4. She has 8-8 win-loss record with Serena.
Gosh! it was a tough final match. As usual..ROGER vs RAFA! All i remembered..i was bersengkang mata..stayed up for the Wimbledon finals.With me not feeling well and tired after MASCA game..AIYA!It was scheduled to start at 10pm..but due to rain, it was delayed. Bayangkan ntah berapa kali game kena delayed. End up it finished around 430am. At first Roger was my damn favourite to win this match because he won the title for 5 consecutive years.
The New Champion:
Rafa led the match with 6-4, 6-4 then the game was delayed due to rain. On the 3rd set, Roger had it with a tie break 6-7(5) and the 4th set with another tie break 6-7(8). It was a damn crazee match where u can't even predict who's gonna win this. Both of them played good tennis with good serves, incredible shots and tremendous skills of volley, topspin and etc. The deciding match was so edgy where they played all out by holding and breaking each other's serve. OMGG...!!Finally Rafa won the title with a very close call 9-7.
My humble thoughts:
Its difficult to be Roger Federer! He has been undefeated for 5 years except for the French Open. People studied his game, his serve and everything about him. He has won 12 Grand Slam title, 4 ATP Masters Cup and 14 ATP Masters Series. Mana tak org geram kat dia..In the same time he is also under pressure of trying to challenge himself to break Pete Sampras's Grand Slam record of 14 Grand Slam. TMTH (too much too hande). Personally I thought Roger could excees Sampras's record, but lately we can tell that he is pushing too hard in each game to win in. Yeah! I agree that maybe its Roger's time or maybe its time for new World no.1. But looking at his achievement, I really hope that at least he could make the record even with Sampras although he is now being looked as one of the legend. To make that happen, in my humble opinion Roger need to find new strategy for his game. Just like the product life cycle (PLC), when the product is already at the maturity stage, it can either be declined that way or new strategy being invented. There is still one more title to come the US OPEN..Good luck Roger!
