Wimbledon Recap

This year's Wimbledon lived up to its expectations of bringing us great tennis, new records, repeat champions, American hope and once again a men's final for the history books.

The first question on everybody's minds should be, is Roger Federer human? 15 slams makes him a living tennis legend and he is only in his late 20's! With unparalleled class on the court and off, a crisp sense of style and execution, an x-ray vision for winners from any part of the court, and a fit body to play a 7 set final after 2 weeks of tennis and a French Open championship...the question remains the same. The other question is, does being a newly wed help your chances at Wimbledon? As you know, both Federer and Roddick are such. Federer beat A-Rod, 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 16-14 in four hours and 16 minutes of service holds. Roddick had a great run of course. With his huge serve that even the King of Tennis couldn't decipher and 140 mph swings that dismissed the draw all the way into the finals, it was hard to feel overjoyed for Federer without feeling quite sad for Roddick. His efforts are no doubt proof of the fact that he has improved, and his hard work is paying off. His post match remarks also marked a funny but more mature Roddick holding back on his sometimes offensive remarks. It is a great result, and hopefully the devastating fact of having been so close to winning, and leaving your heart out on the court and still coming up short, won't stall his career further, mentally that is. Roddick did play two back to back matches of his life, serving huge and ripping inside out forehand winners, leaving Britain without an Andy Murray. Murray will also get there someday, it is a matter of time. Cheers for Tommy Haas as well, a veteran by today's standards, making it to the semis. For now, the top of the ATP is looking good, pinaccled by once again #1 Roger Federer. For now, we wait for the return of Rafa, hopefully by the Us Open, to stop Federer from his quest of tennis world domination =)

On the women's side, the sister's showed their world dominance yet again. This time, Serena coming on top and beating Venus. Serena made that her 3rd Wimbledon, preventing Venus from claiming her 6th, winning 7-6, 6-2. However, the sisters teamed up as usual to steamroll through doubles. It has become hard to keep track of how many titles they both have, and they too, are so young still. Russians, Safina and Dementieva were so close to an all Russian final, but the dominant game style of the William's sisters on grass is a tough one to get through, especially since they are both past champions, a place where neither Russian has been just yet. There were plenty of young surprises on the women's side. Teenager, Melanie Oudin, made it to the rd. 16 by taking out Jankovic. Her result next to Roddick's gives American tennis new hope for future titles. Radwanska, Lisicki and Azarenka all heading the young generation on tour got to the quarterfinals respectively.

In the juniors, Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia beat Jordan Cox of the US in three sets. Two points for Russia and the US in junior development. On the girl's side, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn of Thailand beat the 1 seed, France's Kristina Mladenovic, also in three sets.

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