The Sun Shines On Andy Roddick But Costs Him The Wimbledon Title Thankfully For Federer

Just some further reaction to the Wimbledon Mens final between Andy Roddick and Roger Federer.

Apart from the fact that there was nothing between them for nearly 5 hours, was there an extra factor that ultimately decided the match?

Was there a non-tennis related intervention that decided this tennis match?

If you don’t know what I am talking about, think back to what became the last couple of games.

I don’t know if anyone else noticed but because of the time of day, Roddick ended up at the sunny end of the court.

You could see that the ball was coming from Federer, out of the shade into the bright light and into Roddick.

Roddick was also looking into the sun to an extent and the question is whether Federer played on that or not??

Whatever you think, it was clear to me that the sun factor along with a sudden drop in footwork speed forced the two shanks off the frame that cost him the match.

Did anyone else notice that?

Was that a factor?

Did Federer play on it?

What do you think??

Federer Grabs Record Grand Slams At Wimbledon But Roddick Steals The Show

Well, quite an afternoon we had at Wimbledon.

We all turned up expecting a smooth ride as we hailed the most successful male player of all time in terms of Grand Slams (overtaking Pete Sampras) as Roger Federer came to pick up the prize and get himself back to World No1 (overhauling Rafa Nadal).

What nobody expected was the chalenge from Andy Roddick (the man who had won just 2 of the pairs 20 previous meetings).

His form was very good going into the final with impressive wins over Lleyton Hewitt & Andy Murray, but still no one gave him a chance against Federer.

In reality what we saw was a match where Roddick was at least the equal of Federer for most of the match with more to his serve than just speed and groundstrokes that had a consistency & purpose we had probably never seen before.

He looked every inch the all-court player we never thought he could be.

In tennis circles the feeling about Roddick was: Serving level – Top 5, Groundstrokes – Top 100, Volleys – Top 250.

Now with game plans in place, a focus and discipline to execute them, the extra fitness and no doubt the thousands of repetitions on the court to improve and deliver the shots he has for me and many others put himself back in the mix of things at the top of the game.

I am not saying “I told you so” but check out my post from last week…….HERE

I keep saying to you, to get better at playing matches – get some matchplay strategies in your head and get fitter!!

Only then will the technical work you do begin to pay off.

This is exactly what Roddick did.

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What if – Roddick would have made that easy volley at set point in the second set tie-break??

What if Federer had served 5-10% less well in the match (he tied the record no of aces in a match – 51).

What if………………….???

A small word but often makes a massive difference.

I don’t want to ignore Federer because what he has done has been/is fantastic, but it needs to be said that Roddick has been the one to re-invent himself as a serious Grand Slam contender and must be looking forward to the US Open.

Here is some inside info that  pretty much nobody knows – so don’t tell!!.

Roddick came off court after the match yesterday with the feeling…..”I’ll never lose to him again”

He knows he was close and for once can see the light – not at the end of a very distant tunnel but right in front of his face.

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