“It was a bit of a shock. It wasn’t something I was prepared for.” These were the words Federer said after the match. Maybe it was not such a big surprise if it had not been a first round match in Wimbledon, the tournament of Roger Federer. But it was a first round match and it was Wimbledon!
Personally it was also a shock for me, as a Federer fan, to see Roger losing 0-2 sets against Alejandro Falla. You don’t know this name? It is no surprise. This Columbian is on the 60th position in the rankings and he doesn’t even play the Masters 1000 series tournaments. By the way, he played against Roger 4 times before this match and he did not win either 1 set in these matches. Last time when they played in Wimbledon Roger won after his huge domination 6-1 6-2 6-0!
However this match was different. It was very thrilling event. When Falla was serving for the match I thought it was over. But then something changed. Falla realized he could make a tennis shock of the year and became nervous. On the other hand, Roger used all his experience from previous matches and relied on his psychic. Thanks to these factors he broke Falla and won the 4th set. After that, everything went easy in the 5th set. Roger dominated, won 6-0 in the final set and went into 2nd round. But it was really a great match.
By the way, here is the final score: 5-7 4-6 6-4 7-6(1) 6-0
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Yes, I agree with you. Federer is a type of player capable of turning the match around in every situation. You never know. That´s why he is considered as one of the best player in tennis history. And I would like to add one more information. Federer never mentioned luck in his press conferences before. But yesterday, he admitted to have all the luck.
BTW, good article
Great blog post, I have been after something like that =D
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