Roger Federer: A Courageous, Stupid Prediction

By bsd987, Section Other Sports
Posted on Thu Jul 24 2008 at 4:43 PM EST
More on: Roger Federer, Tennis, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras, Wimbledon, Olympics, U.S. Open (all tags)

Sometimes I keep my mouth shut even when I want to say something. In journalism, you have to. In this case, however, I should have spoken.

Watching the Wimbledon Gentlemen's singles final, which I wrote was the greatest sporting event I ever had the pleasure to see, I refrained from mentioning my observation that Roger Federer did not want to win the match before the middle of the third set. Yes, I saw it, as painful as it was. Federer clearly did not care for half the match if he won or lost.

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