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Wimbledon 2009 Men's Singles Final - Federer v Roddick

The Wimbledon 2009 Men’s Singles Final between Roger Federer and Andy  Roddick was a classic tennis match that was watched by a television audience of 11 million people.

This year’s battle for tennis’s most coveted prize saw Andy Roddick, a previous two-time runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon, take the first set in a tremendous show of tactical awareness, but ultimately lose to possibly the greatest tennis player of all time in an amazing fifth set tie break.

Roger Federer eventually beat Andy Roddick 5-7 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 16-14.

With this DVD you can relive Roger Federer’s claim to victory over Andy Roddick in an epic and historic encounter as he officially became tennis’s greatest men’s champion in The 2009 Men’s Singles Final.

Although slightly shorter than last year’s mammoth battle between Federer and Rafael Nadal, this year’s match took on similarly epic proportions. For much of the game, it seemed that Roddick would emulate Nadal’s feat as he hammered away at his opponent. Federer wavered a few times, but never toppled and in the end won on merit.

As the match went on, the records began to tumble; the most games ever played in a men’s singles Wimbledon final, beating last year’s 62 and the most games in a set of a men’s final at the All England club. Also, Federer’s ace count passed the 50 mark and then, finally, it was Roddick who cracked in the 30th game of the set. Three miss hits off the frame indicated he was fatigued and when Federer was offered the first Championship point he grabbed it eagerly, leaping into the air with joy as another Roddick miss hit sailed long. Roger Federer secured a record-breaking 15th grand slam, putting him ahead of Pete Sampras, who was present on Centre Court.

“I’m happy I broke the record here in some ways…because this is always the tournament that’s meant the most to me” said Federer, who captured his sixth Wimbledon title in the past seven years.

Wimbledon 2009 Men’s Singles Final – Federer v Roddick is due for release on 26th October through Good Guys Media.