Harish Palaniappan's

The world of Tennis held its breath yesterday, as Rafael Nadal (Rafa), challenged Roger Federrer in the Wimbledon Men's Singles Final.

The match started with big expectations, because whichever of the finalists won, this final would be creating history. Also, this was the third successive time Rafa and Federrer were clashing in the Wimbledon finals.. both previous times Federrer reigning supreme and Nadal improving his game every year.

If Nadal wins, he were to equal the tennis legend Bjorn Borg's record of last winning both the French Open and the Wimbledon in the same calendar year.

If Roger Federrer wins, this would be his sixth successive wimbledon win, and could be poised towards beating another legend Pete Samprass's 7 successive wins at wimbledon. At the same time, Roger's sixth victory would surpass Bjorn Borg's 5 successive grand slam wins.

And so on.. the records were all there to be made, broken or to be kept.

Eventually, the 22 year old spaniard Nadal won his first ever wimbledon title, also his first ever title on grass court. Everybody is talking that this is a final that nobody who saw it live in the stadium would ever forget, and with Nadal winning, another era of tennis moves back with Federrer's achievements.

You should see the match hightlights and commentary here.

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