An epic match-Roger Federer Vs Marcos Baghdatis

Alas, Roger Federer won the Australian Open 2006(as I expected!),but for me, main highlight of the match was young cypriot Marcus Baghdatis.
He displayed some fantastic tennis culture,even Federer found difficult initially.For die-hard federer fan like me,has to appreciate his effort.I like his exeburence,intensity and willingness to do everything to win.At age like 20,he showed some masterclass and brought some freshness in the tournament.I mean,his way to final,was nothing less than fairytale.He was unseeded player in this tournament,nobody thought he would reach final! In his way to finals,he destroyed players like Stepanek,Roddick(I never seen somebody ever tormented Roddick's game as badly as ever)Ljubicic,all higher seeded players.Then,comes the match I won't never forget(I actually saw late-replay,missed the fun!),great dual with Nalbandian.He came back in that match from two sets down,played Nalbandian service in cruelest manner.His hard hitting vicious forehand virtually hampered Nalbandian's game in all sorts of department.
Today,he played first two sets superbly giving Federer,scare of losing his title for the first time in tournament.For that period of time,I thought something in Federer was lacking,he was stunned by Marcos's play.He was commiting too many mistakes such as hitting ball too hard.His service was not at mark,for whole match ,his first serve percentage is just around 50%.Had Marcos taken breakpoints in second set,he could forced the issue till five sets.
In the period of struggle,Federer picked himself up took second set fightingly,despite valiant efforts of Marcos.He showed the world why he is world no.1,at crucial times he produced his best game in the match.His tenacity to win the title was as such he broke Marcos's serve consistently and played some amazing backhands and forehands. He won next two sets completely overshadowing Marcos by 6-0,6-2.

But,truly Marcos deserves his share of success,hats off to him.I will be seeing him at Rolland Garros.Keep it up dude....

4 Comments:
Let's hope that he does not fade away quickly. Many of the unseeded players who reach the final of a grand-slam fail to emulate their performance in the subsequent grand slams. Martin Verkerk reached the finals at Roland Garros in 2003. But didn't live upto the expectations after that.
I am very perplexed after I read whtever you have written...
First you write, Alas!!...Federer won...
and then you write that you are a hardcore Federer fan....
So which side of the Tennis court do you want to play from???
Let me clarify varun,that I was appreciating efforts of Baghdatis in the match,I was making efforts to be neutral for both players.
So I don't see any reason to get perplexed.
well i seriously feel this more a tennis blog then Aditya's Dreams. Well i dun know if u dream about tennis only. let me know about it .
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