Fantastic Williams, Frustrated Murray

04 July 2009 - Serena was crowned as the Champion of Wimbledon - defeating the defending Champion sister, Venus. That was one awesome tennis really. It was just great tennis displayed by both of the Williams. Venus could not stop the ever-so-fierce Serena. With winning fast serves, to consistent top spin with convictions, Serena managed to close nail-biting rallies towards her favour.

+ The Greats!

Serena's route to final was not an easy one compared to Venus. As a whole, all these challenging sets of tennis from the 1st round have built her momentum towards the finals itself. It was apparent through the consistency and placements. Contrary to that, Venus faced rather different challenges which she overcame - which was expected from a defending Champion who returns to SW19 to break Steffi's record (to become the first woman to win three straight titles since Steffi Graf from 1991 to 1993!) That just did not happen today due to Serena's unbelievable tennis.

These two are simply amazing. They went on to play doubles finals. And again, they bagged it all. I think, seriously think, the winning is largely attributed to Serena's consistent tennis that resulted in their glorious finish of the day. It was amazing still - this decade of tennis belongs to these two great sisters. I am so looking forward to more great tennis by these two.

As for Murray, what can I say. Tough luck. Roddick stopped him from sailing through. I think he is still young, he has a few great years ahead of him. But let's make no mistake about this. Making it to the final 4 was a huge achievement. But Britain needs someone to bring back the trophy. And if Brits are serious about this, they need to take a step back really. Reason being - the mounting pressure by British public and media got the better of Murray finally. As much as he tried to hide it, the pressure was there. The British media was biased towards him, ignoring the signals that he needed room to breathe and concentrate on the game. Even they interviewed Murray on the court after winning the quarter finals - for goodness sake, he has not won the Championship just yet. Treat him like other players.

The same goes when they followed him on the training ground, interviewing him etc. It is OK to be excited, but pouring out the over-excitement too soon, was the silent killer! But what can Murray do, nothing but to step up his tennis (which has improved significantly) but to do amazingly well to keep his head in the sand as far as the pressure is concerned. He knows that, he will face the same in 2010. But, hopefully this time around the Brits employ some kind of lever to their oozing excitement!

+ Roddick: Go easy on me, Roger! Federer: In your wildest dreams! {Now I am beginning to sound like sour grape, hehe! I am indeed.}

Today - Roddick will take on Federer to seal the final day of the Championship. Of course, I will go for Federer. Point well taken that Roddick played great tennis in Semis, but the one thing I hate when a player plays - when he relies so much on serves. That is Roddick. There is no tennis there. I am still looking forward to really good tennis tomorrow (or today, as it is 1.40AM, Sunday now). I will be at Barry's. Three of us (incl Xavier) will watch it together. And, I will cook "masak lemak cili api" prior to the match. Hmmm can't wait.