Nadal Wins Perhaps Greatest Wimbledon Final Ever

[SShoreFan 2.0]

Proving that I can embrace other sports beyond hoops (sorry Bruins, I am not talking hockey) I just watched perhaps the greatest Wimbledon Final ever!!


Nadal defeated #1 ranked Federer 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7

Amazing, absolutely amazing.

[jay_jay54]

SShorefan,it was definitely the longest...also was a very good match.Nadel got out of gate early.They both played great games today.

[SShoreFan 2.0]

When the dust settles, I will be interested where this one ranks, my guess is, in the top 2-3 of all time.

[soap07]

Federer looked dead in the water after the first two sets - lots of unforced errors. Incredible match all around.

[Brickowski]

I only caught the last 2 sets.  Great match, but not as good as Borg-McEnroe in 1980.

[P2]

I hate Nadal. He's like Kobe to me.

[get_banners]

unbelievable match. maybe the best ever. the rallies were remarkable - both guys kept balls in play that would have been winners against anybody else.

[Edgar]

great job for nadal who manage to control nervs after losing that 4th set, after being 5 2 up on tiebreak, wow impresive
sadly my satellite crash and I will have to wait for repetition, seems as cool as it get anyway
Great year for Spain huh 

[cordobes]

"Unbelievable", "remarkable", "incredible", "greatest".... It's hard to find the right adjectives to make justice to this match. A battle for the ages - and perhaps a decisive moment in the history of tennis.

[rondofan1255]

I woke up at 8 AM to watch it (I'm so tired now).

The two rain delays made me tired when during the 5th set, when at 8-7, I was like PLEASE NADAL finally convert a championship point.

Yeah, it was an awesome match. Last year's Wimbledon match was also very interesting as well.

[bbc3341]

I caught the end of the 5th set because ESPN radio was playing it up and you know what? HD makes tennis better. I used to watch tennis all the time, but left it basically when Sampras left. But now because of these two plus the HD factor, I might watch their matches, kind of like hockey - no sport benefits from HD like hockey, but tennis is close - golf also is just different in HD -  there is no way I would have watched that match today if it wasn't HD...

HD changes everything!

[celticmaestro]

Wow I never saw this thread. I re-watched the final a couple of weeks ago as I was writing a piece on Federer, and it was definitely, in my opinion, not only the greatest Wimbledon final ever, possibly the greatest Grand Slam final ever.

By the way, sorry for resurrecting a really old thread.

[Redz]

Yeh, I remember how happy I was that there was an actual tennis match that was demanding my undivided attention...then it rained or something and I forgot to tune back in to see the end.