Weeks 26 & 27: Wimbledon (grass) - men's singles

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

RE: Weeks 26 & 27: Wimbledon (grass) - men's singles

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Oh - and George Bastl beat Sampras in a very early round, too.

daisy · County player

IIRC it was considered a bit of an upset at the time when Federer beat Sampras at Wimbledon.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Armchair wrote:
He also did a post match interview which must be tough and somewhat unusual for him. But didn't just wimp out about how lovely it was to be at Wimby
yadda yadda.. But that he'd lost and that isn't a good result. Good man shows the right mindset.

Yeah I was surprised. He played really well for the lost part from what I could see, but made three UEs in the last two games, and not from tiredness - he is obviously verrry fit.

I'm not sure what I read from his interview. It didn't come across that he truely believed that he could have done it, so wasn't that upset when he didn't. This contrasted with Golding and Robbo who were clearly devastated.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

daisy wrote:
IIRC it was considered a bit of an upset at the time when Federer beat Sampras at Wimbledon.

Maybe Rosol will be the next Federer , although I think he's abit too old for that.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

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