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Not his First Time Around For the 7th time in his career, Roger Federer won the final point at Centre Court to capture Wimbledon. After falling in the first set 6-4 to his adversary Andy Murray, Roger captured the momentum once the roof closed and took the next three sets with dominating play. As nice of a guy Federer is, and even though he definitely deserved his 17th major after beating Djokovic and Murray, as a human being, you have to feel for Murray. He had the entire country of Great Britain on his shoulders, as they have not had a major for over forty years and a Wimbledon champion for over seventy. Murray responded well to the pressure with a hard-fought match, and even Federer noted that he will definitely be a major champion in the coming years. But on this day, Murray definitely won’t feel better, as he squandered his best chance at a major yet. At least he has a really hot girlfriend though…
PLAY OF THE DAY No spectacular play for today’s top play however Andy Murray has earned this spot with his extremely emotional speech after his Wimbledon Finals loss to Roger Federer on Sunday morning. This kid had the weight of an entire nation on his shoulders and he couldn’t have handled it any better. No doubt he will be back to go for this again.
July 9th 2000: On this Day in Sports History… Pete Sampras defeated Patrick Rafter to win his record 7th Wimbledon and 13th Major title. At the time, both achievements cemented his status as the best men’s tennis player of the Grand Slam Era, which is ironic since just yesterday Roger Federer won his 17th Major Title and tied Sampras with his seventh Wimbledon to further his case as the superior player. Regardless of which player you prefer, it is remarkable how dominant both men were at Wimbledon, arguably the greatest major of them all.
Wimbledon’s Finest In a dominating display. Novak Djokovic defeats Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. It is the thirteenth straight major the Djoker has reached the quarter finals, and many experts believe he could be well on his way to winning his 6th career major now that Nadal is already out of the picture. Personally, Djokovic’s antics have always rubbed me the wrong way, but its hard not to be impressed at how he has been able to break into the dominant duo of Nadal and Federer and make it a triumvirate.
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A Losing Effort After winning her first ever French Open, many experts expected Maria Sharapova to win another major at Wimbledon, a major she has usually had success at. But in the third round, she put forward a sub par effort and loss in straight sets to the 15 seed Sabine Lisicki. This felt like this could be the year of Sharapova, so this has to be a disappointing loss for the number one overall seed.
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Royal Play Roger Federer looked like him old self in the 2nd round of Wimbledon as he defeated Fabio Fognini 6-1,6-3,6-2. It wasn’t a bad time for Federer to display his talents as Prince Charles was in attendance and Federer and Fognini made sure to bow to him before the match started. (Only at Wimbledon). Federer broke Fognini five times and finished the match in an incredible 1 hour 13 minutes.
His Time? Andy Murray has been the forgotten fourth best player in tennis for years, as he has never been able to get over the hump and win a major. His country has been waiting for a major championship for over forty years, and this has weighed heavily on Murray just as it did on Tim Henman before him. Maybe his thrashing of Davydenko in the first round of this tournament is a sign that Murray is ready to take the next step.
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Early Dismissal Venus Williams, who was playing in the 2012 Wimbledon as an unseeded player has fallen in the first round this afternoon to Russian youngster, Elena Vesnina, 6-1, 6-3. Venus has a rough year as she had a few injuries and fought back to come back early to play in the Olympics and be able to compete in Wimbledon. Her career is definitely taking an interesting twist here as she will have to go back to the drawing board again since nothing seems to be going her way. She hasn’t lost in the first round of Wimbledon since 1997 and had this to say afterwards, ”I come into tournaments with a positive attitude, I don’t really feel like talking about my health now. It is what it is. I’m just a couple of months into getting back on tour. Life is challenging but I’m always up for a challenge.” It will be interesting to see what her next steps are and how she will do in the 2012 Olympics.
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