RODDICK GOES DOWN FIGHTING

ROGER Federer battled hard and held his nerve to win his 6th wimbledon title and go past sampra's tally 14 grand slams against andy roddick in front of a celebrity crowd which had pete sampras,bjon borg,sachin tendulkar,sir alex ferguson,michael ballack,russel crowe...
It was more similar to last year's final at wimbledon and this one was a notch better than that...as the opponent in roddick was too hot for federer that the man himself found it hard to get the points...the first set clearly belonged to roddick as his serve and ground strokes were both powerful and unreturnable..the second set was a close one as it went into a tie breaker...roddick was leading 6-2 when federer took 6 consecutive points to take the set 8-6...it was more of roddick losing it than federer winning it...the third set also went to a tie breaker but this time federer had it easily and was up by two sets..when everyone thought federer would run away with the title roddick fought back by winning the fourth set ,playing some magical tennis...it was now down to the final set and it was in favour of roddick as federer did not break roddick's serve until then..every time he had breakpoints roddick served two bombs to claim the game...there was no break pf serve and as there is no tie break in the final set both players kept holding to their serves waiting for a single mistake from the other...roddick had the disadvantage of serving second as he was under pressure to hold serve to stay in the match...but he served beautifully....the clock went past four hours and it was hard to choose a winner...finally in the 30th game of the final set a liitle bit of tiredness and bad luck spelled doom for roddick who's serve was broken with which federer won the fifth set 16-14 and with that the match ....roddick was shell shocked as he was a better player on court than federer...federer erupted in joy and roddick was in tears and disgusted...but he won the hearts of all the fans as they chanted roddick's name and clapped for a minute...it was quite a thrilling match which goes down as one of the best wimbledon finals...

A-ROD DASHES BRITAINS HOPES

The andy from USA knocked out britains dream boy andy murray in a thrilling four setter..both players matched each other stroke to stroke but it was roddick who won the crucial points which mattered the most in this game..murray had more aces then roddick,more winners than roddick and even the more number of supporters but still lost it.some of ground strokes played by both men were magical..murray was letting his emotions out by shouting and screaming with each point..whenever he was in trouble he had the backing of the huge crowd as an inspiration..on the other hand roddick was looking pretty determined and was battling not only murray but also the crowd who were completely one sided..in the end when murray made that unforced error roddick was down on his knees and the emotions were clearly visible..this is his third wimbledon final and will take on roger federer on sunday who is on the verge of surpassing sampras record 14 grand slams.

ANDY VS ANDY IN THE MEN'S SINGLES SEMIS

Home favourite andy murray and the big american andy roddick will face each othe in the men's singles semi final at wimbledon on friday..come friday and roddick will be the most hated person in the whole of britain as the "murraymania" has been getting bigger after each match..murray was brilliant and in top form during his straight set victory over the unseeded juan carlos ferrero...andy roddick had an epic battle with the little aussie lleyton hewitt to reach the semis by beating him five sets..its going to be one hell of a match at centre court...its going to be roddicks booming serve vs murray's ground strokes.


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