Crazy Sunday afternoon leaves heroic Andy Roddick a broken man - Times Online
My song of the weekend has to be the Kinks 'Lazy afternoon'. I went to a wedding on saturday where after the nuptuals, we decamped to an old barn, converted to a function room for such events. A lovely sunny afternoon with friends, sipping pimms and the odd glass of bubbles on the grass whilst we waited for the dinner to be ready and the happy couple got their pictures taken. Later when the band played the Kinks as one of the first songs of the night it topped off the day.
Cue sunday and it went from lazy afternoon, to crazy as this article neatly shows. I've heard some people crow about the quality of the tennis played compared to last years final, but I'm sorry, look beyond the aces from 2 strong servers and there was some brilliant ground strokes from 2 players giving it their all. And this is where it got interesting. 10 sets worth of tennis? Federer only breaking Roddick at the last. It came down to a game of poker at the finish and who was going to relent and who could hold their mettle. Roddick was a giant and was so unfortunate to lose. I was asked 'What was going through their minds at the finish?' by a friend.
I can't answer that, you'd have to ask both. But Federer always appears fresh on a court and maybe people don't see how athletic he is in the true sense of the word. But I bet his experience of winning grand slam finals and the hurt of last years loss helped him out, provided motivation and gave us a great finish. How tough on Roddick. I hope he comes back and wins a major. He was truly gracious in defeat. Hopefully he got his motivation yesterday.
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