Wimbledon: Nadal Ends Federer’s Reign at Wimbledon

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Bronx Banter: On Any Given Sunday...
Published 7/6/2008 at Baseball Toaster
...Something great can happen and that's why we watch sports. Today at Wimbledon, something great did happen. Rafael Nadal, the Red Sox to Roger Federer's Yankees, defeated the five-time defending champ in what could possibly be the greatest finals match of all time , 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7. John MacEnroe sure thought it was. Nadal and Federer both showed great courage and determination, and the level of play was brilliant, the shot-making suburb, the drama palpable. It reminded me of something Carlton Fisk once told Tom Boswell about being on deck with Yaz up in the ...

Tennis is Good
Published 7/7/2008 by Sturminator (noreply@blogger.com) at Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville
... set a record by meeting each-other 6 times in Major Finals. And, after that, we can only hope for many more. If they compete that long, that hard, with that much drama, Tennis will become a big deal again. I have my doubts – since I don’t know who the 3rd best player in the world is, but the experts are saying that might have been the best Wimbledon Final ever so that certainly says something. Anyway, phenomenal stuff from Tennis of all places… NY Times is on the story … The loss kept Federer from matching the men’s ...