Peerless Pair Put Borg and Mcenroe Heroics in the Shade

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THE only sadness is that we cannot expect ever to see its like again. Certainly there has been nothing quite like it in the past, or at least in the 35 years I've been watching sport with an obsessiveness bordering on derangement. There have been many pulsating, mesmerising and electrifying contests, of course, but for sustained, heart-rate-raising majesty the Wimbledon men's singles final of 2008 stands entirely alone.

For Roger Federer, there can be no consolation. Maybe one day he will watch the DVD and reflect that in none of the dozen Grand Slam finals he won was he half so great as in this one that he lost. Times beyond counting he faced defeat, and plucked salvation from nowhere like the impossibly elegant magician he is.

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Peerless Pair Put Borg and Mcenroe Heroics in the Shade

"Incredible," murmured Tim Henman as yet another clean ace saved his bacon deep into that indescribably thrilling final set, and this was statement of fact rather than ...

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