Wimbledon 2005

After all my speculation and hoping it's all over for another year. The women's final proved to be far more dramatic than the men's, which was a pleasant surprise for me. Lindsay Davenport had the match within reach twice. She served for match point in the second set and again late in the third, but in one of the best tennis comebacks in recent history Venus Williams ended up winning. The comeback wasn't the match, the match was simply a fight to the death, but in the tournament. Nobody was thinking that Venus would do too much, she's been off the radar for years mostly hidden in the shadow of Serena but she kicked some ass in this tournament. The women's game was close and intense, Davenport had tape on one hamstring and was treated for a back strain midway through the match but kept on fighting and came painfully close. Both women looked like they might fall over at one point.

The men's match went to Roger Federer for the third year in a row, and for the second year he beat Andy Roddick. This match wasn't as exciting as last years and very one sided if you compare it to the women's final, but Roddick fought hard after playing his semi-final match the day before. Once again, Federer made it look easy. In his post-game BBC interview Roddick said he'd tried everything and "maybe I'll just punch him or something." In a more gracious moment later on Roddick said nothing but nice things about Federer recounting how he told Federer "I'd love to hate you, but you're so nice" and that the only bad thing he would've ever said was about his hair, which he's since cut. Roddick fought hard, but not hard enough maybe next year or the U.S. Open.