1)Goran Ivanisevic(2001) After loosing to finals three times,twice to Sampras and once to Agassi(where he was considered favourite) it was heartwarming to see the big man from Croatia beat Rafter win his sole grand slam. One of the best moments in tennis history undoubtedly
2)Jana Novotna(1998) Winning the singles championship in 1998 after loosing two previous finals to Graf(where she choked despite having a 4-1 lead in the final set and ended up crying on the shoulder of the Duches of Kent during the presentation) and Hingis the previous year, it was an emotional victory for the Czech.
3)Rafal Nadal(2008) Beating Federer last year after two false attempts. A great match and though Federer clawed his way back Rafa ended up clinching the championship.
True any tennis player who has ever been ranked in top 10 is a top plyr tennis is the most competitive sport coz of its profile and coz its an individual sport one feels sorry for andy roddick, he choked but played overall better than feddy i can only say that one is lucky to have had feddy and laver laver and fedex are champs tennis has a different history in the past-grand slams were not most important and hence plyrs like laver turned pro one salutes laver and feddy great champs. we wud never know how great feddy is as he said himself coz you cant compare opponents of the best players of their time and coz majors were not considered so important before rod laver missed 100s of majors coz of turning pro and contracted pro and was not allowed to play those days, all best plyrs turned pro laver has won a stagerring 199 singles titles plus any no of doubles and mixed doubles the great laver wud have won many more than his 11 singles majors he missed 21 in a row and more just before sweeping all in 69 and after sweeping all in 62 when he use to win every match he missed many in the 70s too he was a true legend people who saw him play at his peak or othrwise say its laver first and then daylight he is someone with most kind and humble words long live laver the champion likewise maragret court wud have won more than her record 24 singles majors anyway-shes the best ever i dont read posts i dont reply to
Fedex should make the most of Nadals indisposition, and hope that it extends longer and longer so he can scoop up as many titles as possible.From the way Andy Roddick clearly dominated him in this final, with Fedex barely scraping through, shows that Fedex is running out of steam.A fit and rejuvenated Nadal will pursue him with renewed vigor once he is back.So hurry up Fedex!
Re: Fedex make hay when the sun shines!
by Cedric Vaz on Jul 06, 2009 06:47 AM
The true genius of a great player is playing in "all" matches and winning in "most" of them. That's Federer and not Nadal for sure! ATP rankings suck....
Re: Fedex make hay when the sun shines!
by Cedric Vaz on Jul 06, 2009 06:47 AM
The true genius of a great player is playing in "all" matches and winning in "most" of them. That's Federer and not Nadal for sure! ATP rankings suck....
Re: roger the great!!!
by Arunabh Bhattacharya on Jul 06, 2009 10:06 AM
Yes ...Roger Won...But andy Roddick has won many Fans hearts as he played some outstanding Tennis. Roger federer has been a great player and it was his destiny to win it. You can see after the match how disappointed Andy roddick was as he gave everything he Had !!! Well done Roddick and congrats Roger ...Go fedex express before Nadal mail comes....
