Roddick to Face Federer in the Finals after Upsetting Murray

Sports Betting News - July 3, 2009 - Written by Jimmy

The Wimbledon Finals are set with 6th seeded American Andy Roddick facing the Swiss No. 2 seed Roger Federer. Federer dismantled his semifinal opponent Tommy Haas in straight sets 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-3 to make his incredible seventh straight Wimbledon Final. Roger has won 18 consective matches and will attempt to win his record 15th Grand Slam title in Sunday's final. Andy Roddick will be playing in his 3rd Wimbledon final in the last six years, losing both of the first two to Federer in 2004 and 2005. Roddick was a underdog when he faced the crowd favorite Andy Murray in today's semifinal. Roddick defeated the English player 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5) to earn his spot in the final.

Andy Murray had the British crowd fully behind him as he played masterfully for the last two weeks. Murray was attempting to become the 1st British player to reach the Wimbledon Finals in 71 years and the 1st to win the title since 1936. It looked as if Murray would get past Roddick and reach the finals with his play up to this point in the tournament. However, Roddick outplayed Murray in nearly all of the big points and was able to silence the crowd and move on winning in four sets. Roddick displayed his usual power as he belted a serve that registered at 143 mph but it was his overall game that was so impressive in this semifinal match. Early in his career Roddick had struggled greatly with volleying and was just known for his power, yet today he was serve-and-volleying very effectively and showed great touch around the net. He played arguably his match of his career in defeating Murray, and will need an even better effort to prevent Federer from winning another title.

Going into this Wimbledon Championship Roger Federer is tied with Pete Sampras for the most Grand Slam title's won with 14. Federer will be a heavy favorite in Sunday's final and will look to move one ahead of Sampras with his 15th Grand Slam. Roger is coming off a victory at the 2009 French Open and seems poised to stand alone in the record books. He already owns the record of 20 Grand Slam finals and has reached the semifinals in the last 21 Grand Slam tournaments. Roddick will undoubtably need to play his best tennis and that may not even be enough to prevent Roger from taking home the title. It will be exciting to see if Roddick can find a way to stop Federer and win his 1st Wimbledon Championship in Sunday's final.