15 years have passed since Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer turned a tennis match into one of the most memorable sporting events in history. The setting was unbeatable, a Wimbledon final and the protagonists, simply incredible.
The match was resolved to five sets in almost five hours of pure spectacle. Nadal overthrew the man who would end up being the king of Wimbledon and sealed his revenge for the 2006 and 2007 finals where Roger prevailed. The Spaniard would get the first of the two Grand Slams that he has on the grass of London.
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This was the grand final between Nadal and Federer
The party had everything. From two stoppages due to rain to a considerable lack of light that almost caused the game to be postponed the next day. Nadal took the first two sets 6-4 and Federer scored the next two 7-6. It should be noted that in the fourth set the Spaniard would waste two tournament balls.
Roger Federer and Wimbledon will always be an inseparable pairing. For a long time, the All England Tennis Club garden bore the hallmarks of the Swiss, who established a tyranny at the third Grand Slam of the year. Following his official withdrawal, Roger returned to a place of great memories, feted by a cheering crowd.
“I thought about where I was going to retire, how painful it was going to be, how much of a celebration it could be… and, finally, it ended up being something precious, from my point of view. Being surrounded by Rafa, Novak, Murray, Borg, McEnroe, Laver, Edberg, my team, my family… it was a beautiful ending and I’m glad it was like that, because I was very afraid of that moment, of the moment when I left the game. I feel fine now. Last year was very hard, because I was still trying to play again, but I suffered a lot with my knee,” said Roger on his visit to Wimbledon 2023.
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2023-07-07 01:52:20
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