What a mind blowing final!!! havn't witnessed a FIVE SETTER final in a long time...but boy, what a contest between a 1st time grand slam finalist against a playing legend....just doesn't get better than this. DEL POTRO truly deserves it. d young lad's got loads of guts n potential blended amazingly with his soft n straight from d heart attitude off the court(google up his press conference videos).
Well Federer gave it everything he had but it would be fair enough to say it just wasn't his day. Big finals....big moment....Federer had no reason to show any signs of nervousness n have to give credit to the young lad Juan Martin Del Potro because he didn't show any signs of the same either but you know what , that is exactly what makes for a good final when you have nothing on your mind but just the game ahead.
Del Potro seemed to be absolutely fearless in his approach towards Federer, unfazed by his stature, unperturbed by the fact that the majority of the Tennis fraternity have already declared Federer as the winner of the duel that was to go on between them. Almost everybody must have had the image of Federer on their minds after he took the 1st set but few must have expected Del potro to come back so strongly after that. Big serves, good movement, a great eye, great stamina and no nerves proved to be the assets the Argentine used to the fullest to win his 1st Grand Slam. He kept his word he gave to the US OPEN fans when he said after his semi-final win over Nadal that "I promise i will fight till the end for every single point". That left the score board at 3-6,7-6,4-6,7-6,6-2 in Del Potro's favour. In a well fought match though statistics are just that....numbers. So to get the real feel of what happened do check out vid's for the same on Youtube or usopen.org.
Del Potro showcased mixed emotions after he made it. He wanted to enjoy the moment but he just lay flat on the court and started sobbing heavily. Anybody who has ever really worked hard for something and finally got it has gone through the same. What a moment...really feel for the new champ. For Federer though it must have been a different story, just goes on to show that no matter how good you are there is always someone better than you out there. Young lads just come and sideline the once greats this way. That's the nature of any sport , has been and will be... after all that is exactly what makes it so exciting. Got to give a lot of credit to Federer for handling defeat as gracefully as he would have handled a win.
Just goes on to show that you can never rule out anything in sport. The world may call it one of the biggest upsets in tennis history but i call it just another day in the world of sport. Who doesn't like an underdog winning when d statistics are stacked up against them ?.....no one.
