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philipy philipy
 
M$1 July 04, 2009 03:24 PM

Can Andy Roddick win Wimbledon?

Can Andy Roddick beat Roger Federer to win Wimbledon?
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hortyman hortyman
 
 July 04, 2009 03:57 PM
Of course he can win, but do I think he will win? I really don't think he will and I fear it could be a straight sets defeat. Roddick has got to two Wimbledon finals already in the past (2004, 2005) in which he lost them both to none other than Roger Federer. I am British so was quite gutted to see Murray lose to Roddick yesterday :( but I admit that Roddick played absolutely brilliant and got his gameplan for the match spot on. He also with that played possibly the best match of tennis in his career so far and I believe if he is to beat possibly the World's best ever tennis player on his favorite surface he has to play his best ever and a little bit more. Roddick has a great coach who will be able to give him a great gameplan I believe but I still think that Federer will have to much for him. If Roddick can serve as well as we know he can though and take the sets to a tie-break then he has a real chance as he is a tie-break specialist. What a final to look forward to :P Ashame for the British though that the wrong Andy ( for us at least :P) got there instead.

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stanar stanar
 
July 06, 2009 12:35 AM
As always, I watched the whole match and was upset with the result, but happy for RF. Andy was completely in command until the last game or even the last point. His only screw up was the second set tie break.

Andy very much deserved to win today and I think he gave up. Maybe thats why RF prevailed today because he did not give up as a true champion.

Andy has always been good starter, but his focus would gradually diminish and lose the match. But today, he remained strong through out the match and held his serve until the last one...Hope he comes back fit to get his name on the board.

Nice to see all the legends at once.

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hortyman hortyman
 
July 06, 2009 08:57 AM
Man alive what a final!!! :) Roddick really did impress me today and as you said was in command throughout most of the match. The main part of the match were he let himself down was that 2nd set tie break with 4 set points. I don't think we can really blame him for losing a bit of focus towards the end of the match after 4 hours of workout in the baking hot sun! :p But what a final and I was surprised :)

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philipy philipy
 
July 06, 2009 04:04 PM
I don't think he gave up at all. Like he said in one of his interviews earlier in Wimbeldon: "I've had a lot of shortcomings in my game but not trying hard isn't one of them."

No one manages perfect consistency in tennis, and on top of that after four hours things start to go, in the footwork, the timing, speed around the court.

Actually it says a lot about him that he didn't buckle earlier after setbacks that would demoralise a lot of people.

I hope he gets another slam or two one of these days, he sure deserves it.

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stanar stanar
 
July 06, 2009 04:30 PM
He may not have won the match, but I think he did win the hearts of every tennis fan.

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hortyman hortyman
 
July 06, 2009 06:37 PM
I didn't say he gave up :P But your right he gave his effort throughout the whole match and was bbbbrrrrrrrrilliant :P

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philipy philipy
 
July 06, 2009 07:03 PM
@hortyman... it was @stanar who said he gave up.

I'd appreciate it if you assume I am making intelligent and valid points until proven otherwise. i.e. If what I said doesn't make sense, double check before making this kind of remark.

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kerryk kerryk
 
July 04, 2009 03:31 PM
I don't see why not. He's playing very well, just defeating number 3 seed Andy Murray in 4 sets. He'll have to continue to play at the top of his game to beat Federer and even that will be difficult, but he has a fighting chance.

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