Jul 03
In very convincing style, too. Federer beat Andy Roddick for the second straight year, 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Like the two before, Federer was in tears, holding this edition of the Grand Slam as the most prestigious.
Federer made easy work of Roddick in the first, going up two breaks, then breaking Roddick’s serve again for the set. In the second set though, he was given a bit of a challenge with Roddick breaking his serve very early. But he fought back quickly and broke back, leaving it at 3 games a piece. Soon they were off to tiebreaker where they traded mini-breaks on points 2 through 5, then Federer gained absolute control.
There was a twenty plus minute rain delay after the second set was completed, and like last...
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