Wimbledon 2009

[BUSARA6]

Mkuu hii itafika tie break na Roddick atashinda

ndivyo nitavyotaka sio kila mwaka bingwa huyo huyo tu

 

[Ng'wanza Madaso]

Hii sasa ni set ya mwisho au decider na Federer anaongoza kwa games 3 na Roddick ana 2.

Mkuu ngoma hii ni ya Roddick.

 

[Richard]

Ngoma ni 9-9 all.

 

[Richard]

Wakulu wa tennis wanapumzika Federer akiwa mbele kwa games 10 na Roddick 9. Ni masaa matatu na dakika 40 yamepita. Du ngoja nipate moja juice ya embe.

 

[Richard]

This is one of the greatest final between the outsider Roddick na former champion Federer, kwa sasa bado hii ni seti ya mwisho na Federer ana games 13 na Roddick 12

 

[Che Guevara]

Wakuu , so far its 14-all in the final fifth deciding set. Wow! what a treat!

 

[Richard]

Thats it, Roger Federer anakuwa bingwa wa tennis kwa mwaka 2009 kitongojini Wimbledon. anavunja record iliowekwa na Pete Sampras ya kuwa na 15 Grand Slams. Anamshinda Andy Roddick kwa michezo 19 kati ya 21 waliokutana mpaka leo.


Roger Federer

 

[Che Guevara]

Roger Federer has just won his SIXTH Wimbledon title and his world-record FIFTEENTH Grand Slam title!

Congratulations FEDEX! The best ever!

What a Final! Congrats to Andy Roddick too!

 

[Richard]

Hivi jamani Ronie Rugimbana aliishia wapi? Angalau angetufuta machozi kwa kuwa bingwa wa Afrika Mashariki.

Anyway kila la kheri na tukutane tena baadae.

 

[Che Guevara]

The score, to Federer's favour, was 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14.

A memorable final. And what a FIFTH SET! Andy Roddick gave his all, but Roger is Roger.

Can't wait for Flushing Meadows!

New York! here they come!

Roger, Roddick, Nadal, murray, Djoko etc...

Williams sisters...

 

[Che Guevara]

Hivi jamani Ronie Rugimbana aliishia wapi? Angalau angetufuta machozi kwa kuwa bingwa wa Afrika Mashariki.

Anyway kila la kheri na tukutane tena baadae.

Ebwana Richie sijui jamaa yu wapi sasa, I think age caught him up, ila kuna madogo wanafundishwa kwa sasa Gymkhana labda mmoja ataja toka kama Thabeet vile alivyotoka na hoops...

 

[Ng'wanza Madaso]

Roddick too pained to discuss defeatSunday, 5 July 2009 Written by Byron Vale
For once a roomful of journalists were lost for words. There was nothing they wanted to ask Andy Roddick because every question felt too ghoulish. What did we need to know? Andy Roddick had played the greatest game of his life and had still lost. Roger Federer had broken his serve just once and he had still beaten him.
The last place Roddick wanted to be was sitting in front of the world's media answering questions about a defeat that was so fresh it was only an hour old. The player with the most entertaining press conferences at Wimbledon 2009 had given so much on court there was nothing left to give.
Did you lose to the world's greatest tennis player ever? "Yeah." How would you describe what you did today? "I lost." Does it hurt more though when you're that close and it's that long, 95 minutes the last set? How does this compare to the other ones? "Yeah, I think so. I think it's worse". Is it crazy or is it a blessing in disguise that you're expected to play an indoor match on clay in four or five days? I don't know. I got nothing for you right now. To be honest, right now I don't really want to think about that."
There was a lot of awkward silences at this press conference. There was a lot of staring at Roddick's cap as he sat with his head bowed just wanting it all to end. The sixth seed was just unfortunate that his first Grand Slam final appearance in three years coincided with a man who was one victory away from a record 15 major wins and the title "greatest of all time".
"He just makes it real tough. You know, he was having trouble picking up my serve today for the first time ever. He just stayed the course," Roddick said of Federer.
"You didn't even get a sense that he was even really frustrated by it. He kind of stayed the course and just toughed it out. He gets a lot of credit for a lot of things, but not a lot of the time is how many matches he kind of digs deep and toughs out. He doesn't get a lot of credit for that because it looks easy to him a lot of the times. But he definitely stuck in there today."
This is the beginning of Andy Roddick, not the end. By his own admission he had given himself a chance to win Wimbledon, just to reach the final he had beaten a former world No.1 and then the world No.3 in front of a parochial home crowd. He lost to a player who has won more Grand Slam titles than any other and who was appearing in his seventh consecutive Wimbledon final.
When Roddick was asked if he struggled to stay positive after losing the second set, he replied: "You know, at that point, like everything else, there's two options: you lay down or you keep going. The second option sounded better to me."
Roddick now has the choice to lay down or keep going. Given what we have seen these last two weeks, he is sure to take the second option

 

[Ng'wanza Madaso]

Epic win gives Federer record 15th SlamSunday, 5 July 2009 Written by Ronald Atkin
Roger Federer became tennis's greatest men's champion, watched by a legion of champions, as he beat Andy Roddick 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 16-14 in four hours and 16 minutes to claim his sixth Wimbledon crown. It was also a record 15th Grand Slam title for the Swiss master, overhauling the total of Pete Sampras who was in the Royal Box along with fellow legends Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver. It was a truly momentous climax to the 2009 Championships as the 27-year-old Swiss became the most successful man in the sport. Sampras, previous holder of that title, had been an unannounced surprise visitor to Wimbledon – where he has not been seen since 2002.
The American arrived three games into the contest, but then sat as enraptured as the rest of the crowd as the two gladiators battled through 77 games, the most seen at any Wimbledon final.
In terms of match time, it was not quite as long as last year's battle between Federer and Rafael Nadal, but it soon took on similarly epic proportions. And for much of the match, it seemed that Roddick would emulate Nadal's feat as he hammered away at his opponent. Federer wavered a few times, but never toppled and in the end won on merit. He returns to number one in the world, too, by way of yet another win bonus.
That this was going to be a contest between two big blasters was evident from the opening game, when Roddick slammed down two aces and in the next Federer replied with a couple of his own. That Federer had won 18 of their previous 20 matches was not a consideration on this day. For a start, Roddick, white cap pulled low over his eyes, was clearly a fitter and slimmer version of the man who had already lost to Federer in two Wimbledon finals, and he matched Federer stride for stride, shot for shot, ace for ace as they hurtled through the opening set, completing 10 games in just 25 minutes.
Four times Federer stood at break point, and on each occasion Roddick battled back

Then came the first sign of a falter. It was from Roddick, who fell 0-30 behind on serve, and Federer upped his level in pursuit of a break of serve which would have left him to serve for the set. He could not have tried harder, or played better. Four times he stood at break point, and on each occasion Roddick battled back to fend off the threat and was finally off the hook, courtesy of a pair of Federer forehand errors.

Perhaps it was the inspiration of surviving such a crisis, but Roddick bounced back brilliantly and when Federer offered him a glimpse of success with a faulty cross-court backhand to go break point down, the American struck. A brilliant forehand down the line forced Federer to project a forehand wide and it was Roddick who went a set in front after 39 minutes.

This was precisely the start Roddick needed to prove that he was a changed man from the opponent so frequently dominated by Federer in the past. Impressively aggressive and quick to close in on the net whenever the chance arose, he continued to stretch Federer in the second set with scorching serves of speeds beyond 135mph and a steadiness which was producing 80% of first serves on target.

Federer's discomfort at being so brashly challenged on a court he has come to regard as his own was beginning to show as the second set moved into a tiebreak. As the Centre Court audience roared in disbelief, two errors by the Swiss left Roddick with four points for a two-set lead. Now was the time for Federer to unveil the genius that had stood him such good stead in previous Wimbledon finals - and he responded in brilliant fashion, winning the next six points in a row as, for the first time, Roddick's nerves betrayed him.

Two volleying errors on his own serve let Roddick down before, on Federer's first set point, the American drove a forehand over the baseline and it was level pegging again after one hour 23 minutes.
In that second set Federer had conceded only five points on serve, with Roddick not far behind with seven.

The third set followed the course of the second, with both men holding serve comfortably, except when Roddick escaped from break point down in the sixth game. Though the American's first serve began to shed some of its potency, the two men moved into another tiebreak. And this time it was Federer who not only moved into the driver's seat with a mini-break on the third point but cemented that advantage, growling "C'mon" as he went ahead by six points to three, holding three set points.
When Federer was offered the first Championship point he grabbed it eagerly

Would Roddick stage a similar fightback to Federer's in the previous set? He certainly gave it a go, rescuing two set points on his own serve before Federer struck, following a potent serve with a forehand put-away to move in front by two sets to one with the match two hours 11 minutes old.

Roddick's indomitable attitude had its reward in the fourth set. He conjured two break points in the fourth game and though Federer saved one with his 24th ace, the American trapped the Swiss as he closed in on the net on the next point.
Steadily and impressively, Roddick built on the break, with the only scare coming when, at 5-2., he fell heavily. There were fears of a similar ankle injury to the one which had caused his withdrawal from the pre-Wimbledon event at Queen's Club, but this was not the occasion for something like that. He shook himself down, carried on, and held serve in the next game with that trusty weapon, a service winner. All square again after two hours 43 minutes.
So to the deciding set, with Federer threatening to strike early as he reached break point for the sixth time in the match, only to be frustrated again as the American pumped down his 20th ace at 138mph. With no tiebreak in the fifth set, this one had to be played out. And so it was, amid mounting excitement and with Federer beginning to show the first signs of uncertainty.
This reached a climax as Federer faced two break points at 8-8, only to serve his way out of trouble and as the games ascended into double figures for each man the set became the longest fifth set in Wimbledon's history.
Federer's ace count passed the 50 mark and then, finally, it was Roddick who cracked in the 30th game of the set. Three mishits off the frame indicated he was fatigued and when Federer was offered the first Championship point he grabbed it eagerly, leaping into the air with joy as another Roddick mishit sailed long.