Sorry for the shitty quality there’s no better options.6/July/2008. This is by FAR the best game of tennis I’ve ever watched and one of the best sports matches EVER. The significance of winning the most important Grand Slam wasn’t all of it as Federer was aiming to break Borg’s record of 5 straight championships in the All England Club as well as tying Renshaw’s 6 straight championships (though those were easier to get back in the 1800’s). Nadal in the other hand was aiming to win his first Grand Slam outside of Roland Garros and start solidifying as the greatest thing in tennis right now.First set: Nadal starts controlling Federer and breaks him early to hold on 6-4.Second set: Federer breaks Nadal early and finds himself 4-2 on top but Nadal fights back and breaks Federer twice to take the set 6-4.Third set: All the pressure was now on Federer who had never recovered from a two-set deficit in Wimbledon. At 5-4 in favor of Federer the game was delayed more than an hour because of rain and after returning Federer won a tiebreaker to make it 7-6 in the third.Fourth set: Nadal was starting to feel the pressure and again in a tiebreaker Federer fought off after falling 5-2 to win 10-8 one of the craziest tiebreakers I’ve ever seen.Fifth set: Everything seemed like Federer would get his sixth straight crown and at 2-2 the rain delayed the game again. Coming back they continued to defend their service with ease and went on to 7-7. Nadal finally broke Federer’s service and after adding a little suspense with a deuce in the next game he managed to pull it out and win 9-7 the fifth set and the match.So in the end the score was 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-7 9-7. This was the longest Wimbledon final ever taking 4 hours and 48 minutes to finish plus more than two hours of rain delays taking into account the delay before the game for a total of over 7 hours of intrigue. Nadal is now the champion and first since Borg in 1980 to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year. Now there’s an open road ahead for Nadal to become number one a new seed has been planted at Wimbledon’s sacred grass….
