Sunday, September 09, 2007

Sports: Federer wins the U.S. Open

Roger Federer didn't play particularly well (certainly not like he did in the sizzling quarterfinals victory over Andy Roddick), but he still managed to beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets 7-6(4),7-6(2), 6-4 to capture his 12th Grand Slam.

A lot of people search for superlatives to capture Federer's play, but I think the highest compliment is that he wins points when he needs to. Djokovic had 5 set points in the first set and 2 set points in the second, but Roger found a way to survive each one of them. In terms of dominance in a sport, I don't think anyone has ever come close.

Novak has definitely positioned himself as the next big thing in tennis. He might not have bested Roger on the court, but his impressions are dead-on and hilarious:

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