I was all awake late last night, watching my two favourite tennis stars, world’s best grass-court player, Roger Federer from Switzerland playing against the young Spanish prince and world’s best clay-court player, Rafael Nadal in Wimbledon’s Men’s Final 2007. World’s No.1 vs World’s No.2. Eventhough, last night’s championship was not their first time playing against each other, there was never a dull moment. The ‘battle’ was tremendously a good one to watch. How I wish I was one of them ball pickers.
Tennis old-timers like Borris Franz Becker (Germany), Bjorn Rune Borg (Sweden), James Scott Connors (USA) and John Patrick McEnroe (USA) were spotted amongst the VIP spectators.
Mr. Federer, the Wimbledon’s defending champion finally overcame Mr. Nadal with his marvelous momentum swings, 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-2, to win his 5th consecutive Wimbledon championship at the All England Club and 11th Grand Slam title overall, equalling Bjorn Borg’s record.
At this hour, World’s No. 31, Venus Williams from USA might be in the midst of celebrating her 4th Wimbledon and 6th Grand Slam titles after beating World’s No. 19, Marion Bartoli from France, 6-4, 6-1 on Saturday.
I miss playing tennis with my dad so much. He’s a great player as well as a great coach. Maybe I’ll spend some time playing tennis with my old man (but young at heart) this coming weekend.
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