July 7, 2014
It was hardly Federer’s least achievement that he managed to look chipper in his on-court interview, smiling at Sue Barker and acknowledging his supporters with the words: “I felt the love out here, so thanks a lot.”
The tennis cognoscenti are united in their belief that the first one, which
Rafael Nadal won in the gloaming after nearly five hours of
bandana-to-bandana combat, is the finest played. Now, however, we have a new
classic to pore over, in Novak
Djokovic’s soul-baring journey to a seventh major title.
A few ingrates might paint Djokovic as a spoilsport for wrecking what would
have been one of the great stories of the year: another Wimbledon crown for
Federer a mere month before his 33rd birthday. But no one who saw the match
could begrudge him his glory, for he showed extraordinary courage to battle
Federer, the crowd and his own demons on the way to a spine-tingling 6-7,
6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4 victory.
It was hardly Federer’s least achievement that he managed to look chipper in his on-court interview, smiling at Sue Barker and acknowledging his supporters with the words: “I felt the love out here, so thanks a lot.”
Later on, though, he admitted that the agony of defeat had caught up with him
as he left the court and walked past the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Read more at Telegraph.co.uk
