Fantastic Federer

There are some things which look great only to die down in time.

But there are some things which go straight down into history books.

Andy Roddick's miss-hit at the baseline is the quintessence of what would

go down in history as the biggest miss-hit of all times and possibly the

most celebrated one too (at least by fedex fan's).The epic final, possibly the greatest Wimbledon one ever, stretched on for 4 hrs and 16 mins before the great man broke Roddick's serve , the only one in the match ,to capture Wimbledon 2009 ,the 15th Grand Slam and reclaim the

World's no. 1 rank

It all began in the afternoon with Roddick winning the toss and serving, both men quickly establishing that they meant business. Fusillades of Cross-court forehands and backhands, dive returns and tiring long rallies were some of the characteristics seen from the start of the match. Breaking Federer's serve, Roddick took the first set 7-5 .Quickly down 2-6 in the tie breaker of the 2nd set ,Destiny's child showing nerves of steel by holding on to Roddick's serve with the adept backhand slices ,took home the set. Taking advantage of the shell-shocked Roddick, Federer took the 3rd set in the tie break, 7-6(5).

Fuelled by loss in the last 2 sets, Roddick jumped up his play and with extraordinary serving and hitting ,snatched the 4th set 6-3 , blocking Federer's attempts to try stop him. Now came the apotheosis to the final. Inspired by the presence of the pantheon's of Wimbledon, (Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Rod Laver) the champions raised their game intriguing the entire arena. Both men held on to their serves for the first 16 games firing a fusillade of aces. There were some anxious moments as Andy got 2 match points in the 17th game on Federer's Serve, but Federer prevailed with some hard serving. Who would have thought that this would turn out to be the turning point of the game.

It was finally in the 30th game that came the break, the crack, when the Swiss maestro got an advantage on the American's serve, eventually breaking it to seal the set and the match. Federer's instantaneous reaction said it all .The exhilaration ,the euphoria of success which seemed to burst out of the calm and serene champion ,indicated just how much the Swiss went through ,both mentally and physically , before reaching this juncture

One can not help but feel sorry for the American, Andy Roddick, who in spite of giving his best ,lost at the critical moment. As he sat there probably thinking about the second set and the 2 match points he lost , one could not help but salute the man who nearly derailed the Swiss

giant. Federer might have outlasted him ,but he certainly did not defeat Andy Roddick.

But the Swiss, 6 years and 68 titles later, managed to keep his date with Destiny. He certainly silenced his critics by showing us today why he still is the champion. Pete Sampras declared “Today an icon is born ".

Now, probably staring at the title, Fedex would realize that the only man standing between his way to achieving further greatness is staring

back at him-HE HIMSELF.