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Before the match, Tiger Woods & Roger Federer met for about twenty minutes. There's been a bit of a buzz in the sportsmedia lately since Woods has been such a force of dominance in his sport & reportedly, Tiger is an admirer of Federer's current reign in tennis.
On one of the points yesterday, Federer had Roddick chasing the ball really deep & Roddick almost ended up in Tiger Woods' lap.
During the sixth game of the third set (which was to decide who had the lead since they at that point each had a set apiece) there were six deuces. It was the longest game of the match & quite a dramatic one.
The French Open, Wimbledon, & The U.S. Open this year were all absolutely immensely entertaining sporting events.
In a rivalry that had begun last year, Federer and Rafael Nadal played each other in the final at Roland-Garros & Nadal won the clay court match.
Then, they also faced off at Wimbledon on grass & Federer won fairly decisively. It's very rare that the same two players end up in the championship at successive grand slam events, so that was great to see.
At the U.S. Open on the concrete hardcourt, tennis fans were hoping for a (very improbable) third contest, but it was not to be when Nadal was beaten by Youzny. But it all turned out to be high drama anyway with James Blake unsettling Federer a bit & Roddick really coming within only a few points from changing the complexion of the match & actually winning.
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