Nadal Wins Wimbledon

Wow. That's all I can say about this match. It probably had the highest quality of tennis that I've ever seen and the level of emotion was insane. It was one of those matches that sucks you in right from the start. Federer, has been the Wimbledon king for the past five years. We all know that but Nadal has made big improvements to his game on grass and Federer addmited that Nadal had him from the base line at last years final. Federer, had by far the better serve and volleys so all in all it looked like a pretty fair match up. Let's take a quick look at what happened.

In the first two sets Nadal managed to go up a break even though Federer's service games were mostly air-tight. Nadal, did have some trouble when he tried to serve out the sets and was pushed to break point in both games but he was eventually able to serve it out and he went up two-sets-to-love. Federer was in alot of trouble in the third at love-forty 3-all with him serving. He still managed to get out of it and took the third set to a tie-break. In the end Federer won the third set. The fourth set also went to a tie-break but Nadal wasn't able to hold off his nerves, he had a match point but Federer hit an unbelievable winner down the line and he eventually took the set. The fifth set was probably the best of all. In the fifth set both players came up with unbelievable shots just to stay in the match. Nadal had about seven break point oppertunities by the time the score reach 7 games all. He finally got the break after four opportunities during the 15th game of the set but even after obtaining the break it still looked like Federer would break back. Federer pushed him all the way to deuce but in the end Nadal won the match 9-7 in the fifth to become the new Wimbledon Champion.



Nadal, had to fight for every point in the match and literally until match point it looked like it could go either way. I have no doubt that Federer will be back next year to try to regain his thrown but for right now the torch has been passed to Nadal.