Wimbledon 2009

Watching tennis has always been a joy. I am sure those who paid their money to go all the way to Wimbledon and watch the finals would have been worth every cent of it. This year's Wimbledon final match roger federer vs andy roddick has been nothing short of spectacular. It has truly been an epic and not worth missing even a single second of it.

There was huge pressure on Andy Roddick from the very beginning as his record was 2-18 against Federer in the past. On the other hand, however, he has played a thunderous quarters and semis against extremely tough opponents to get to where he was, the final. Roger Federer, World No.2 since he lost to Rafael Nadal has had a relatively smooth ride to the finals, or maybe because he was just that good at tennis. This year's Wimbledon is missing Rafael Nadal, last year's winner, because of leg injury. The match has been set up perfectly for Federer vs Roddick.

At the end of the first set, Roddick was leading 1-0 to Federer, a pretty shocking result for everyone. Not once did Federer beat Roddick's serving sets. He was iron clad at serving at speeds past 200km/h per serve. The 2nd set begun. Roddick and Federer tied again until the tie breaker game. In the tie breaker game, Federer made a few blunders. He was down 1-4 against Roddick. Miraculously, Federer went on to win every single set after that to win 7-5. Simply miraculous. It was because of this set that started Federer's momentum that would eventually give him confidence to win the entire game.

In the 3rd set, Federer and Roddick tied all the way until the tie breaker game again. Federer won again due to mistakes by Roddick. In the 4th set, Federer made a costly mistake that saw him lost one of his serving sets. Roddick just had to win all his serving sets in order to win this set. It was easy for Roddick. Finally, we come down to the final set. Set five was one of the longest sets I have ever watched in my tennis history. In set 5, there is no tie breaker game. Therefore, the first person to lose his serving set would lose the entire set, the Wimbledon trophy, $1.7million in dollars, and of course their name going down in history as the Wimbledon 2009 winner. Federer was the one who won in the end, having played until something like 16-14. The pressure was extremely high and I watched the event from 11pm to 4am in the morning the next day. It was definitely so exciting to watch!

There were a few lessons I learnt from Wimbledon 2009.

Lesson #1: You must want something very, very badly in order to win the toughest of opponents

Lesson #2: If you put your mind to it, you will win it.

Lesson #3: You must adopt a winner's mindset in your games in order win in the toughest situations.

Lesson #4: Never, ever give up hope! Don't have self-doubt.

Lesson #5: Even after a tremendous defeat, never forget your sense of humour.

I hope that you see how they apply in your everyday situation and that you can apply it to your life.