I watched the Men's final of Wimbledon 2009 on TV last night. The match between the Swiss Roger Federer (27) and American Andy Roddick (26) lasted for 4 hours and 16 minutes. After four sets of 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, the final set was 16-14. There were 30 games in a set, and 77 games in total! Only 5th set alone lasted for more than 1 hour and a half. This is the historical game.
It was the 6th victory for Federer after 2 years in Wimbledon, and 15th victory for the Grand Slam title which was the new record beating Pete Sampras' 14 victories. He got 50 aces in this game.
Congratulations!!
Ladies games were also impressive. I am glad that Kimiko Date Krumm (クルム伊達公子) who has the same kanji character in the name with me participated in the game after 13 years. Singles final was a sister match of the Williams.
Last summer when I visited Wimbledon, the center court was under construction. In the 123 years of the history, this season was the first time to have the roof on the center court. I hope to visit there someday again to see the game.
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