What a weekend for sports!

I was channel-surfing last morning and to my surprise landed on the Wimbeldon Men’s Tennis final! This year’s contenders were the brilliant Roger Federer and the amazing Rafael Nadal. What an awesome matchup. By the time I started watching the match, the two were two sets into it, with the first set looking like a clean (6-0) sweep of Federer over Nadal but things started to get heated up in the tie-breaker of the third set.

I love watching Roger Federer play his game. He’s got so much composure and he seems very humbled. Oh and he’s got amazing skill to boot, heh. This was actually the first time I actually saw Rafael Nadal playing a game as opposed to watching him in the hightlight reel of most newscasts. He’s got a lot of skill and it’s always nice to see talented young people rising up the ranks.

Tennis is such an amazing game. It’s simple enough that anyone can just pick up a racquet and play but also complicated enough for players like Roger Federer, Pete Sampras and the like to show us amazing control and spin. It really is a refined sport, there’s a lot of prestige involved (especially at Wimbeldon), there’s a rich history, there’s tennis etiquette and so much more that I feel makes the game special. Moreover, the tournament is international, attracting players coming from all over the globe which undoubtedly calls for fierce competition and a great experience for the tennis viewer.

By the way, Roger Federer won the match 6 sets to 3 leading him to a fourth consecutive Wimbeldon title…wow.