The Biggest tennis tournament in the world is now over for yet another year, and yet again we have to wait for a British winner.
The hopes and dreams to see a Brit crowned Wimbledon Champion were dashed in the cruellest way possible as American Andy Roddick snatched that elusive final away from Super Scot Andy Murray.
Last years Runner up Roger Federer started this years competition knowing that with Nadal out the way the only tougher opponent he would face was Andy Murray, therefore the world number 3 was the only person standing between him and that coveted 15th major title that would see him overtake "pistol" Pete Sampras.
Fed started off against Unknown Chinese male opponent Lu, unsurprisingly the Swiss Number one cruised to a 3-0 victory in just 80 minutes.
Murray didn't start his wimbledon campaign till late On Tuesday evening and came unstuck against American Robby Kendrick after losing the first set Murray went on to win 3-1.
Day two for the World number two and Fed started to gather pace in his quest for the title of wimbledon Champion 2009. He Came up against Spanish star Garcia Lopez and sailed through to the third round winning in straight sets 6-2,6-2,6-4.
Andy Murray however made harder work of his second round opponent Latvian Ernests Gulbis. The rather Guillable Gulbis made a blunder by openly stating to the press that he felt Murray Cheated the last time the pair met, this only stoked up murray more and the scot also progressed to the third round in straight sets winning 6-2,7-5,6-3.
Third Round Day at SW19 and Roger Federer dropped a set against German Phillip Kohlschreiber but still triumphed 3-1 to set up a fourth round clash with Swedens Robin Soderling.
Andy Murray In week two of wimbledon and aiming to shoot down tough opponent victor Troicki and Murrays Celebrity fanbase was growing more and more as American singer/songwriter Justin Timberlake was in town to watch this one and he would have been happy to see The Scot destroy Troicki winning in straight sets 6-2,6-3,6-4 to set up a tasty fourth round clash with Stanislas Wawrinka.
The pundits had stated that this match could be Federer's toughest match and even some of them had even dared to say that the Fed express could grind to a halt as he came up against the man who recently knocked Rafael Nadal out of the French Open.
Federer destroyed Soderling in straight sets winning 6-4,7-6,7-6.
Now it was time for the Match of the tournament as Andy Murray Faced up against his off court pal Stanisls Wawrinka and history was also made as he was the first British player to play UNDER the new roof.
Murray lost the first set in some style losing 6-2 and looked in real trouble however he win the next two sets and should have wrapped the fourth set up but wawrinka broke Murrays serve to win 7-5 and take this thriller into a fith and final set as this match reached 10pm BST. The Centre court crowd really got behind their man and Murray was really pumped up as Andy Broke his pals serve twice to trimph 6-3 and as he hit the winning serve he collapsed in a sweaty heap and punching the air and was through to the quarter finals to face Juan Carlo Ferero.
Federer in the quarter finals of Wimbledon 2009 and he knew he would come up against Croatian Ivo Karlovic and at a good foot taller than Fed,that mixed with the fact that Karlovic had the hardest serve in the tournament at a frightening 141mph you would think the swiss star would be wary. This was not the case as Federer was playing about with the Giant Croat and eased to a 3-0 victory and sailed through to the semi Final to face German Veteran Tommy Haas.
You would have thought after Monday nights late night thriller against wawrinka Andy Murray would have been struggling to get to the semi final and maybe that was a step to far for the british number 1, however no problems for Andy Murray as he made light work of Ferero and cruised to an unbelievable 3-0 victory in a staggering 126 minutes. Murray was now through to play Andy Roddick after the American scraped through 3-2 against Austrailian Leytton Hewitt.
Friday 3rd July, Semi Final Day and The Nation Expected and hoped that we would witness places in the final for Roger Federer and more importantly Andy Murray.
Federer made light work of his semi final opponent as he dispatched of Tommy Haas
3-0.
Andy Murray had a short wait to get out on centre court and naively lost his serve at the end of the first set however he came back and win the next two but lost the fourth set forcing this one to go into a fifth set decider and it was heartbreak for Murray and the whole nation as Roddick claimed his place in the final on a tiebreaker. The Dream was over for at least another year and Murray praised and wished his opponent all the best in the final.
Roger Federer Vs Andy Roddick, Not everyones idea of teh ideal final however there was still a place in the history books for either player. A win for Fed would be his sixth final win at SW19 And that elusive Record of 15 major titles that he would take away fro Pete Sampras.
As for the American this was his third wimbledon final against Fed and was looking to get his name on the old trophy for the first time.
so all up for grabs and it was surprisingly Roddick who took the first set winning 7-5. Federer was struggling even in the second set however as Roddick was set to go 2-0up on his opponent roddick lost the second set as he was 5-1 up on tiebreaker and as the fed express started finally gathering pace and he win the second set.
Roger Federer then fought tooth and nail as the third set went into a tiebreak which The swiss star win 7-5.
Roddick then win the fourth set after some heroic shots as he broke Federers serve twice to claim a 6-3 score.
So just like last year in the final it would come down to who had the bottle to take the crown. Both players held there serves superbly with some awesome shots being produced.
As the time was going over 4 hours of playing time it still wasn't clear who would win this epic battle and as 6-6 became 7-7 and then went on and on before we knew it, the scoreline was at a staggering 14-14 and it was becoming a case of last man standing.
Federer held his serve superbly then it was up to him to break Andy Roddicks Serve and ultimately his heart and it took two tired errors from Roddick and a final sliced shot that went high into the London Air as did Six time wimbledon Champion Federer as he went wild with celebrations before these pair of gladiators embraced at wahat was a momentous battle that was placed right up there alongside the great wimbledon finals.
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