Hail the King - 9th time !

Alright fellas - I have to tell all of you what it felt like staying up late night, past 2 am and watch the greatest player EVER who graced a tennis court won is 9th major. Yes, ladies and gentlemen - Roger Federer scorched the mojo yankee, Andy Roddick 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1 in close to 2 hours and 30 minutes and secured his 3rd US open.

Now as far as records, facts and figures go - i find it useless to say much because with every single victory he achieves, he is basically wrapping up more and more accolades and admiration - not from his peers, but as we saw lastnight, from athelets who are from entirely another sport.

Tiger Woods, the single most dominant golf player of the current generation and pretty much a lock for the greatest player of all time was there in the players box with ROGER FEDERER ( and not in his compatriot, roddick's) to witness his dominance being stamped. Woods have made the game his own in pretty much the same manner Rog is doing to tennis. Now two masters met each other and how well roger must have impressed tiger with his flawless brand of tennis. I mean, in every sigle grandslam final, he just seems to raise the bar and inventing shots, angles, power that the racket manufacturers never thought their equipment was capable of.

I saw very few women's game and quite alot of men's matches and i saw this VERY clear difference among them that in all of them - there is absolutely no finesse. No 'touch' shots, its just crash bang wallop scream routine going on there. 2 biggest example i can cite is Blake vs Berdych and Nadal vs Youzhuny. But with Rog, its unbelieveable. I mean, the guy plays BEAUTIFUL game and actually wins it. Besides, whats up with swiss and aesthetics ? Rog, Hingis, Shanyder, all of them are considered to be more tactful, intelligent players than power bangers like the usual crop we have these days.

Anyhow, point being. Roger has won his 9th and he is 25. Sampras record should be broken by 2009 september - he have 8 more grandslams to play in 2 years time and Godwilling, injuries and such keep away, he can win 6 of them atleast after which you can do the maths.

Lets hope and pray that Roger raises the bar his idol set in next 2 years and keep us fan breathless with his exhilirating brand of phenomenal tennis.