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If you thought that was the end of the fairy tail story you got it wrong. The most successful tennis player in the world, Roger Federer is far from finished. His wife wishes that his kid should see him play and Federer says it’s not impossible. 15 times he has emerged as the winner and he’s still hungry for more. To do something like that it takes more than just desire, more than just commitment and more than just discipline more than a coach(like many said), more than some journalist predicting the end of his era, more than many other things that all great players of the past had.
The Swiss won the Wimbledon 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 16-14 to surpass Pete Sampras's 14 Grand Slam wins and regain the title he lost to Rafael Nadal last year. This time it was Andy, the surprise he brought was the body line service which proved to be effective. May be Fed was not expecting, may be it’s because Andy never did that in the past. But the success it brought could not get him past the finish line. Federer once again played the mind game, kept pushing and kept his head above the water as Andy Roddick did not make life easy out there in Centre court. The end result, Andy could not hold on to his nerve and yet another time Fed walks away with the Cup. The longest rally in men’s tennis ever, Pete Sampras in the Royal Box (Past acknowledged the Present), Russel Crowe (Glam meets slam) & Sachin Tendulkar (Front foot v/s Forehand) in the audience all added color to the most delicious dish named Wimbledon that Federer relished last Sunday.
Now the one last dream we all have - a sweet victory against Nadal, the wall that runs around, the bowling machine that that pounds the tennis ball one after another, the marathon runner who never runs out of steam, the craftsman who flicks, flips, slashes and slices.
My Learning from Wimbledon
If you thought of victory too early you lose, and if you think of failure then the result is no different. Just do what you can for as long as you can and the reward is yours.
Just when you think your feet are tired, think of how tired your opponent should be and you'll generate the energy to keep going.
