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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadar battled until the end in an historic Wimbledon title match, in which Federer outlasted Nadar to win his 5th consecutive Wimbledon championship and his 11th major overall.

By defeating Nadar in this intense war of tennis skills, Federer tied Bjorn Borg’s mark of 5 straight Wimbledon titles, became the first player since Borg to win titles at Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the same year, and is now 3 titles shy of 14 career majors, which is the record held by Pete Sampras. He accomplished all of this by winning 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 and surviving some break points which may have finished him off had he lost them.

We at Write On Sports congratulate Roger Federer for his victory in a display of championship tennis nearly unparalleled in the history of the sport!

M. Dean
Muhammad Ali Life

What a great victory for women’s tennis, Venus Williams and the entire Williams family.  Venus Williams, ranked #31, defeated Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-1 to win the Wimbledon title for the 4th time in her illustrious career. She is the fourth woman to win at least 4 Wimbledon titles.  Martina Navratilova won it 9 times, while Steffi Graf won 7 and Billie Jean King won 4 since the Open era, which began in 1968.

Overall, this was Venus Williams’ sixth Grand Slam title, as she won at the All England Club in 2000 and 2001. Venus Williams will receive $1.4 million for her victory and Marion Bartoli will receive $703,500 in defeat.  That’s a lot of dough for a loss.

When all is said and done, by the time of her retirement, I think that Venus just might be considered the best of all time, if her sister doesn’t oust her in that category.  I know that Martina and Steffi and others will make a good case for all time greatest, but I don’t think that Venus and Serena are nearly finished yet.  They are both young and very strong, and I think you’ll see them make more and more history as the next few years go by.

We at Write On Sports send our heartiest congratulations to Venus Williams for a job well done!

M. Dean
Muhammad Ali Life