Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous!
Roger Federer won the Men's Wimbledon Championship against Andy Roddick in the most exciting final I ever remember seeing!
The result was 5-7 7-6 7-6 3-6 and finally 16-14! It was the longest final ever, lasting four hours and 18 minutes. However, that doesn't show how close this final was. It really could have gone either way and in fact around the middle of the match I was really beginning to think that Andy would be the winner. I don't know how, but Roger dug a bit deeper and finally managed to break Andy's serve in that final game to win! Unbelievable!
After the match Roger had this to say:
"It was a crazy match with an unbelievable end, and my head is still spinning, but it’s an unbelievable moment in my career."
Andy was so sweet in defeat, with tears in his eyes he said of Roger:
"He’s a true champion, he deserves an ending like this."
He then looked up to Pete Sampras in the Royal Box and said:
"I tried, sorry Pete, I tried to hold him off."
So Roger comes away with his SIXTH Wimbledon Championship, his FIFTEENTH Grand Slam and £850,000 which is approximately US$1,388,985!
Andy, although desperately disappointed at the end of the match, doesn't go away empty handed. It's certainly impressive to have three-time runner-up on your results sheet and of course he also gets the tidy sum of £425,000 which is US$694,110. Not bad for two weeks' work! :)
Anyway, if you get a chance to see it, do so, even if it's only that fifth set. It is really very, very exciting.
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