For the first Time since eleven years ago, Roger met Federer and Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon again. This time, cheered at the end of the Swiss. In the final he must be on his Favorite surface against the world rank list first ran.
Roger Federer is not wearing a white cardigan and more on the Pre-Match photo. Rafael Nadal has outgrown the tank. And the Centre Court at Wimbledon has long been a retractable roof that protects players and spectators from the rain. It has changed a lot since the last meeting of the two professionals in the most traditional tennis tournament in the world eleven years ago.
2008 was the, and it was perhaps the best Match in the history of the sport. Four hours and 48 minutes high voltage, so that the longest final in the Lawn Tennis Championships at the end of clay court king Nadal defeated the grass specialist Federer in five sets and for the first time in 2010, triumphed again in Wimbledon.
The legendary cardigan and tank top: Roger Federer (l) and Rafael Nadal before the Wimbledon final of 2008
Victory after the fifth match ball
This time, however, the law was handed against the left-handers. The silent elegance against the groaning of the force. The Maestro against the fighter’s heart. 7:6 (7:3), 1:6, 6:3, and 6:4 – the result of a duel, the dominated Federer, largely, to the second set and four match points, where Nadal was again impressive fighter flash was.
“I’m totally exhausted. I think the Match was at a very high level. It was a pleasure to play here. It is always a special game against Rafa,” Federer said in the victory interview. For the twelfth Time the soon to be 38-Year-old (8 is. August) in a final of Wimbledon, with eight Successes of the Swiss record champion(2003 – 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017)is.
Headband to wear, the both of them still: Rafael Nadal (l) and Roger Federer before the semi-final in 2019
Age does not protect you before
It is amazing what a Tennis Federer, even after 15 formative years in the power sport still plays. After all, his opponent, Nadal, wins his strength and endurance, five years younger. The white, of course, Federer who tried successfully to play aggressively from the baseline and to avoid the long ball. “The important points I picked up. And that I had gone to in the first sentence in the lead, was extremely important,” said Federer afterwards.
Also important is the Regeneration for Federer, who meets on Sunday on the Serbian defending champion and world ranking list Novak Djokovic, who claimed against the Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut with 6:2, 4:6, 6:3 and 6:2 is now. Still a victory, and Federer would move in with Martina Navratilova the same. The former tennis player triumphed as so far only nine times in the most prestigious tennis competition. It would be a historic Triumph, for it would be worth, once again, the white cardigan rummaging.