FEDERER DANCING LIKE ALI BUT COULD NOT HOLD OFF ANDY WITH THE TITANIC FOREHANDS, MISSILE LIKE SERVES, CONSISTENT RETURNS, GROUNDSTROKES. HE WAS SWINGING FROM THE HIPS, MAKING ROGER'S BACKHAND LOOK LIKE A JUNIOR'S STROKE AT TIMES. LENDL IS HERE AT THE RIGHT TIME SEEMS LIKE. HE HITS THE STROKES SO CLEAN AND STANDS CLOSER TO THE BASELINE. GET'S EMOTIONAL BUT POSITIVELY! SHOWING LOTS OF CONFIDENCE BETWEEN THE EARS WHICH ADDS TO HIM BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE NOT BAILING OUT AS FEDERER OFTEN TRIED TO DO HITTING DROP SHOT'S AGAIN AND AGAIN AS THE SPEEDY BRIT SLAYED ANY CHANCE OF WINNING AT THE NET PASSING HIM TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND AGAIN. TO BEAT MURRAY YOU HAVE TO SERVE WELL AND ROGER HAD NO CONTROL OF ANYTHING, BUT AS A CHAMP DOES HE FOUND A WAY TO STRETCH THE MATCH TO 5 SETS! PLAYING BACK TO BACK MATCHES ALSO WITH TSONGA WHERE HE BROKE FEDERER 5X'S. YOU COULD SEE THE STRENGTH OF THE YOUNGER ANDY AS HE NEVER SHOWED SIGNS OF WEAKNESS OR BEING TIRED! NEVER GIVING ROGER ANY CHEAP POINTS PUSHING ROGER TO THE CORNER'S LIKE A BOXER AND POUNDING AWAY OPENING UP THE COURT! ROGER WENT UP 4-1 BECOMING OFFENSIVE FOR A MINUTE THEN MURRAY TIES AT 4 GAMES ALL AS HE LET ANDY BACK INTO THE MATCH. HERE WE GO! STILL NO PANIC AS FEDERER WON THE FORTH SET TIE BREAK. HE IS AS THEY SAY THE CALM OF THE STORM, BUT ANDY HAD ENOUGH JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT THEIR WAS A MOMENTUM SWING 4 SET POINTS! TANK ANDY, SET FEDERER "OMG"! THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT! THIS IS WHAT THEY PAID FOR THIS IS SOMETHING GREAT! THIS IS WHY I LOVE TENNIS! ALWAYS SOMETHING AT THE SLAMS! GRAB ANOTHER BEER GET YOUR POPCORN! THIS BEING THEIR 20TH MATCH IS THE 1ST TIME THEY PLAYED A 5TH SETTER! ANDY LOST ONLY 3 POINTS IN THE FIRST 3 GAMES OF THE 5TH SET STEADY, STILL STRONG, LEADING 4-1 MEASURING HIS SHOTS ROGER HAS NOTHING LEFT IN HIS TANK. ANDY WINS HIS 1ST MATCH AT A SLAM AGAINST ROGER. HARD WORK PAYS OFF AS ROGER WILL NOT GIVE IT TO YOU! "YOU HAVE TO EARN IT BABY" YOUTH, FITNESS, DEDICATION WON THIS MATCH! IN THE FINALS AGAINST NOVAK GET READY TO RUUUUUMMMMBBBLLE!! GREAT STUFF GUYS! GOTTA LOVE IT DOWN UNDER... |