[From Tennis Australia Weekly Report Jul.6] Few expected the men's singles final at Wimbledon 2009 to live up to the gift that was the 2008 final. It did. Roddick surprised Federer in the opening set, first sticking with him all the way then snatching the set from under the second-seed's nose. Drama followed in the fiercely contested second set, which went to a tiebreak. Roddick raced to a 6-2 lead and was on the verge of a shock two sets to nil lead. What happened next will haunt the American for decades to come. Federer reeled off the next 6 points to take the tiebreak 8-6 as the hapless Roddick watched on in horror. It looked as if Federer would run away with the match from here. The Swiss took the third set but Roddick struck back in the fourth to square the ledger at two sets apiece. The fifth and final set would create history in more ways than one. The pair clashed for more than four hours and gave us the longest ever deciding set in a Wimbledon final - 30 games and 95 minutes of unrelenting tennis. Eventually~However~someone had to give, and it turned out to be Roddick. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (舉杯敬網壇A-Rod) 帶著淡淡的哀傷結束昨天的七盤大戰之前，我以為我從來不會到Roddick板po文 以前的我總認為Roddick在2003成為年終球王帶有 撿到、運氣成分居多 也因為美網大會的吹捧有點過度，Roddick是我最不喜愛的網球員。 不過一切在這次溫布頓改觀，從八強到決賽，穩定耐抽又能抗壓的Roddick打出了新境界 雖然我是Federer的球迷，不過第一次我想預祝Roddick早日拿下個人第二座大滿貫 -- 《談理想很簡單，可是要實現卻很難。 所以不管何時，你都必須要拼盡全力才行。 當然結果有好有壞，偶爾你也會犯錯吧！至少你對你自己是誠實的。 然後，朝向著自己所描寫的夢想前進。並且努力的生活！ --

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