poor Roddick

Hi commentators-why do the professional commentators­ pretend so hard that they like the Williams sisters?­ The crowd certainly doesn't, and the tv stats­ dropped terribly when the two reached the finals. Even­ the American Mary Carillo said during the live NBC­ broadcast that the crowd was polite and hushed, and­ there was no atmosphere in the match to compare with­ what we can expect today-a huge let down for the tennis­ fans around the world when the two sisters meet in a­ grand slam final.

Yeah, would be nice to see A-Rod win at last. Set fire­ to the grass in the first set last time they played­ here but still got nowhere. Pity, cos as well as being­ a good player he's a nice and witty guy. Let's­ hope he brings his A game with him again. As for­ Murray, the stats are right - not enough first serves­ in, and altho he managed to get a racket on most of­ Roddick's, couldn't realy do much damage or­ even get the bal back in play - hence fewer aces, but­ more winners. Torn a bit by Fed - don't dislike­ him, but sometimes you'd like him to at least find­ it tougher and not be such a baby or a lucky Leo - he­ does seem to forget that only 2 months ago he was­ nowhere, yet now it's like he's unstoppable.­ Hope it's a good, close match, either way.
PS The­ score can't be 8-6 in the 3rd set - we have­ tiebreaks these days until the 5th!

shirt pulling red face RODDICK should win easily ­ & excite the crowd
especially those spectators who­ paid £ 2000 for tickets expecting to watch Andy ­ Murray ...!

it's ur turn roddick .... u diserve it for all what­ u did in ur carear ...... but we know that u r­ gentleman ... if u lose for the third time u will not­ cry like mister crying baby federer !!!

Thank goodness the arrogant boring scotsman is out say­ us English.

cap twitching ~~ shirt pulling after every point­ Roddick should excite the crowd forEASY WIN

Fed is­ just too slow nowadays ...!

attaha, hantuchova is hardly ageing! she is only 26,­ same age as serena williams and 3 years younger than­ venus. i was personally very impressed with laura­ robson and believe she has a very bright future. andy­ murray is over hyped, but he will win grand slam events­ in the future. nadal, i believe, will be prone to­ injury while federer is 27 and i do not believe he has­ many grand slams left in him. this will allow murray to­ win grand slams by default

well theres always the wheelchair to be won lol

very good in reading crowd's thoughts when shouted­ go andy!

If you believe in British press and the hypes then you­ can believe anything. They are antihuman. That they­ support Andy is an ill-wind for this boy. The crowd­ also are not good crowd they are hypocrites adn evil­ people wishing his down fall, wanting the down fall of­ Murray. A day before the semi, Murray was playing­ football in the court instead of concentrating and­ relaxing. Pride goes before a fall and this is what­ happened to him. He was actually playing Federa in the­ final and not Roddick. He is so obsessed with beating­ Federa forgetting he has to first beat others before­ meeting him. he has now two good records, First ever­ British player to win Queens and failed to play final­ at Wimbledon. And British press is consolling­ themselves with the fact that Murray is just 22 and has­ more GS titles to win. World no 3 British no 1­ can't play in wimbledon final ever for the past 71­ years.. Complete farce. People expected the william­ sisters to play final,. They lived up to the­ expectation, by winning the singles and doubles. Now we­ have another female British, Australian born Laura­ Robson. The nation needed somebody to win something and­ so she had to play two ways; First she played aging­ Hantuchova fomer world no 5 and managed and game and­ lost, then she automatically qualified for the junior­ to defend it instead of graduating to senior level, she­ was demoted. She failed the hurdle with excuse of back­ injury. She lost in two fronts; but the only­ consolation we have is that she is just 15 and as usual­ Murray is just 22.

Roddick I don't usually watch in the crowd any­ sports but because I want you to win, I will be­ cheering you. My prayer is for you to stop Federa and­ beat him 6-4, 7-5, 8-6. Goodluck as I am praying for­ you..Please do it for the sake of men's tennis,­ just like Nadal stopped him.. Federa is a great player­ but not a humble person.

Roddick I pray you beat Federa. Know that he has­ stopped you winning GS titles for so long. Just relax­ and get inspiration from the Williamses how to react in­ extreme situation. Serena was match point down when she­ reacted like a champion and got back to play and won.

Fed vs Rod xD Just eat it !!

It is good to see a final with two GS winners, not just­ a media-hyped person to play Fed. Roddick did some­ great job and him being in the final is great­ achievement and patience with bravoure and mental­ strength. Both of them have equal chances and why not?­ They are real champs and humble guys. Roddick has shown­ consistency in as much as Federer, despite their low­ moments. At least, this wimbledon was a good one, in­ pite of Rafa's absence. Whoever wins will deserve­ it and will be the new Wimbledon King! On paper,­ Federer is the favorite but on court the papers are­ torn!

"Despite all­ the thumb downs for onelazybum's­ comment, I have to­ agree that Federer's dominance­ is due, at least in­ part, to the lack of 'champion­ mentality' in­ this current crop of players. Only­ the top 4 display­ this mentality with any­ consistency."
This is insane, like you have any­ clue what "champion mentality" is. And then­ there is this crazy part where you believe you have the­ magic to see who has this champion mentality. And­ apparently, precicely the top4 players for the last­ year has this mentality.

""Few had expected him to survive against­ Murray,­ .... " . That's foolish. I had no­ doubt he­ would beat Murray."
lol, so I guess you­ bet everything you had on roddick for 4.1? So­ disgusting, so clueless

Lets all just hope its a good final tennis fans.The­ head to head 18 -2 in Rogers favour so will be very­ tough for Andy.Their last 3 matches have gone to 3 sets­ lets hope this one go's to 5 sets.Good luck guys.

very well said andy, the benefits of the new regime was­ so evident at that late night chat show with jonathan­ ross last year, I thought then that your tennis will­ lift up again. Now you are so much more relaxed, a very­ witty guy and full of humility and poise. its a bonus­ that your tennis has also improved. however as roger­ also has all those attributes, i hope the better man on­ the day wins, good luck.

For all you statisticians out there, the numbers from­ the Murray/Roddick encounter make for interesting­ reading.

Murray hit more aces, more winners, and less­ unforced errors. The critical factor was indeed the 1st­ serve. First serve percentage for Murray was 52%,­ compared to Roddick's 75% (It was 86% when Murray­ beat Ferrero at Queens 2009). While Murray was more­ succesful in winning points behind his 1st serve (83%­ vs 77%), because his service percentage was relatively­ poor, it translates as 63 points vs 79 points.­

Strangely enough, as poor as Murray's 2nd serve­ looked, he was more successful behind it than was­ Roddick behind his own 2nd serve - just (53% second­ serve points won vs 51%). Looking at the return of­ serve, Murray's return game was slightly poorer­ than Roddick's (30% receiving points won vs 32%) -­ significant when it's meant to be one of the­ strongest aspects of his game.