Wimbledon 2009

If in the Men's category, it was more about Roger Federer outdoing Pete Sampras in a tough battle with Andy Roddick, it was the sibling rivalry in action in the Ladies' Category with the younger sister, Serena marching over the older sister, Venus in a not so difficult match. All eyes in the country were on Leander Paes and Cara Black, the Mixed Doubles jodi that had to succumb to Mark Knowles and Anna Lena in the finals- quite disappointing for us Indians! The highlight of Wimbledon 2009 was of course the men's finals which seemed never ending at one point of time and at the end of which not only did Federer walk away with the trophy but also created a World Record in the process- that of 15 Grand Slam titles outdoing Pete Sampras! There were quite a few surprises in the greatest Tennis tournament this time as well- Rafael Nadal pulling out owing to ill health, Soderling- finalist of French Open 2009- failing to make it to even the quarter finals, Dinara Safina- reigning French Open champion losing out in the Semi Finals, Andy Murray failing at the Semi Finals and many others who could not grab the limelight this time around- Wilfred Tsonga, Djokovic, Hewitt, Azarenka, Dementiva,...the list is endless. But, that at the end of the day is how things end up in the Sports world! Wimbledon 2009 will be remembered for Federer though...he is in fine form and looks like he is all set to lift the US Open as well...