I was rooting for Federer because he seems like a pretty good guy. But Djokovic was very gracious to Federer afterwards.
Speaking of Wimbledon finals, probably the most exciting Wimbledon I've ever seen was the 1980 McEnroe-Borg match. Borg was like a machine and was absolutely relentless, especially on grass. Nobody could beat him. Along comes McEnroe, with an iron will to win and a great net game as opposed to Borg's baseline game. The climax of the match was actually the forth set when McEnroe broke through Borg's iron machinery and won one of the most amazing tie breakers I've ever seen, 18-16.
Although Borg went on to beat McEnroe in the fifth set and win the championship, you saw for the first time that Borg was beatable and felt that McEnroe could take Borg. It felt like a changing of the guards had begun. Sure enough, the next major, McEnroe beat Borg in the 1980 US Open. Borg was never the same and McEnroe became the new reigning champ. Although McEnroe was labelled "superbrat", he was an exciting player, and I think he was probably right most of the time when arguing "YOU-CANNOT-BE-SERIOUS" line calls.
Watched it. It was awesome....................
Great final!
Rod Laver’s style of “serve-and-volley” will never return to major tennis and we are all diminished by that.
My “younger-day heroes” of (chronologically) Newcombe, Laver, Conners, McEnroe and R.Tanner will never again be repeated (nor truly recognized!) for their contribution to the game: hard serves, ^exceptional^ footwork and full-on attack of the advantage (AKA: owning the net.)
McEnroe should be especially revered for his hard-charge to the net and then “delicate-hands” once he established his advantage.
Take the game back to laminated wood rackets? Hmmmm..
Terrific final. John McEnroe has become a wonderful commentator - really enjoy his perspective.
This was a match of skill, brains, finesse, heart .... and some big serves. It was “tennis” in the best sense of the sport.