gwnn Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 whoa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 double whoa Have never seen tennis as good as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
han Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Yes in the sense that these players would probably have beaten any other tennis player that ever played. But that's not so strange because the level of sports keep going up. Maybe yes in that it was very exciting, but I'm sure that there have been equally exciting matches in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Maybe yes in that it was very exciting, but I'm sure that there have been equally exciting matches in the past. Yes, but not many. And none on this level...These two are just great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 i voted yes also, even though i've seen a lot of very exciting matches... these are two of the best to ever play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_c Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 It gets my vote too. Perhaps there have been matches which have had even better quality tennis, and perhaps there have been matches with an even more dramatic ending (I saw the 2001 Wimbledon final and I'll never forget that). But for a combination of things -- a match involving two of the best players ever; Federer coming back from two sets down and saving match points in the fourth; a 9-7 finish that could have gone either way; the way the result ended Federer's five-year run at Wimbledon and challenged his position as the best player in the world; and, most of all for me, the way they were both playing some incredible tennis at the most important stages of the match -- this was really pretty special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Usually I watch Wimbledon. This year I didn't. My error I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickf Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 I thought the Borg McEnroe final in 1980 was better, but I'm not really qualified to answer as I havent seen even a small percentage of all matches played. nickfsydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joker_gib Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Yes, simply the best match I have ever seen ! :( (and I saw Borg-Mac Enroe in 80) How can they play like this ? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Yes, simply the best match I have ever seen ! :( (and I saw Borg-Mac Enroe in 80) How can they play like this ? :) to me this is the only one that could seriously challenge yesterday's match.... both were full of high tension, both featured the best players of the day, and both lived up to the billing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonottawa Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Best ever. These guys make every other tennis player who ever lived look like hacks. I was bummed that I missed the end of the match (McEnroe gave the impression that they were done for the evening when the rain delay at 2-2 in the 5th occurred so I went kibitzing and missed the conclusion.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuroth Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Simply amazing. At 4.5 hours, they were both still hammering the ball, and making crazy gets. I feel sorry for the world #3 - he's got nowhere to go but down. V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodwintr Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Arthur Ashe vs. Jimmy Connor? Not the technical tour de force of yesterday's match, but for pure drama . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted August 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 I am very sad now. Federer said he'd been practicing very hard, focusing, etc, that Beijing had been his dream for the last 4 years and I was thoroughly convinced he'd do it. Apparently he's just bad - of course not bad by any human standards, but compared to his best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobowolf Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 I thought the Borg McEnroe final in 1980 was better, but I'm not really qualified to answer as I havent seen even a small percentage of all matches played. nickfsydney If you've seen one that's better, you're qualified to answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickf Posted August 15, 2008 Report Share Posted August 15, 2008 I thought the Borg McEnroe final in 1980 was better, but I'm not really qualified to answer as I havent seen even a small percentage of all matches played. nickfsydney If you've seen one that's better, you're qualified to answer. that's a good point. In that case, no I dont believe it was the best match ever. nickfsydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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