(found this site today, so might sound outdated..... but those who saw it, will surely remember it and relate to it!!)
Roma Final...
A dream final at that...
One of the great modern time rivalries...
Two youngsters....
Roger Federer... Rafael Nadal...
Nadal playing to make history...
Federer playing to exorcise the ghosts...
Nadal loses the 1st tie breaker...
Federer loses the 2nd tie breaker...
Nadal takes the 3rd set
Federer breezes thru the 4th...
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5th set...No surprises for guessing.... a tie breaker, of course!!
test of nerves...
Nadal wins...
Head to head... 5-1... in Nadal’s favour...
Nadal equals Vilas’ record of 53 consecutive wins...
Nadal equals Borg’s record of 16 titles as a teenager... (yup, just 19 yrs old, this champ.)
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p.s. : I know this has been very very concise... but I am not in a
position to describe the match... am sure my heart beats must’ve run at
100+ during the last set...