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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Campeón, Sportmeister, There's not much in-between

By bsd987, Section Other Sports
Posted on Sun Jul 06 2008 at 5:19 PM EST
More on: tennis, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal (all tags)

There were some clichés I never thought I would say. Near the top of that list was "both men deserved to win."

Maybe I didn't fully understand the implications of such a statement; maybe I thought it couldn't capture reality; maybe I avoided it because it was a cliché. None of that matters now. After watching the gentlemen's singles finals at Wimbledon Sunday, there is no saying that has more truth that I have ever come across.

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