Well, in this post I will take a look at the last match (sorry second last match) of the Wimbledon championships, which was of course the men's final, which was between Novak Djokovic and Kevin Anderson. So, let's see who came out on top.
MEN'S FINAL
Right, so as I said the final was between the three time former champ, Novak Djokovic and Kevin Anderson, who was into his first Wimbledon final but it was his second major final (having reached the US Open final last year). Both men had played five set epic matches to get to this stage as Kevin Anderson battled against the giant server, John Isner and Novak faced off against his old rival in Rafa. So, it was a rather intriguing final given that both men would not be feeling incredibly fresh from their repesctive battles in the semis.
However, the match itself proved not to be the competitive match up we had hoped for because Anderson was clearly still showing signs of heavy fatigue from his semi final against Isner and he lost the opening set on a double break to Novak. In the 2nd set, it was more of the same as Kevin failed to hold onto his serve and he found himself going down another double break and Novak obliged by confidently serving out the set to take the two sets to love lead.
The 3rd set however was thankfully far more competitive, as Kevin started to relax more into the match and found his rythym on serve. Anderson also even managed to carve up a few break point opportunities as he put Novak's serve under pressure at 5-4 and 6-5, however Nole managed to hold on and push play into a tiebreak. However in the tiebreak, Novak was by the far stronger of the two as the errors from few Anderson's racquet and with 3 match points, Novak served out to win his fourth Wimbledon title with a comfortable and convincing 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 victory.
THOUGHTS
Well, even though it wasn't the final we'd hope for, it was still not a bad match and it was a great effort from Kevin Anderson to try and get back into the match after he struggled badly in the first two sets. The 3rd set was definitely the highlight of the match and it was great to see Kevin try and make a match of it even though in the end, Novak was able to hold onto his neve and serve to close out the match. But I'm glad the match didn't start with a tiebreak and end 6-2 in defeat, so it was definitely better to see the match be closed out on a tiebreak. Also, I believe if Kevin hadn't been so fatigured there would have been a strong chance this match could easily have gone to four or maybe five sets.
As for Kevin Anderson it was a pity to see him defeated in his second major final but at the same time, he was up against a resurgent Novak, who had already beaten the current World No.1 in the previous round. Regardless of the loss though and given that Anderson was able to to reach another major final, it makes me think that he will have another chance and it wouldn't surprise me if he ended up winning a major before his career is over and I personally would definitely put him in the running for this year's US Open again.
As for Novak, well what can you say??? I think its safe to say that he is well and truly back now after beating Rafa in the semi finals, it was inevitable that he would go on to win the title and most likely it would have been the same for Rafa had he made it also. And now Novak sits with 13 majors (he's a teenager again!) there is no doubt that he can go on to win more and rebuild his success once again. Not only that, this run of form would suggest that Novak most likely will in the future be able to dominate the game again and take on Roger and Rafa for the top spot, which just goes to show that you can never write him off.
And from this I think its safe to say that Novak could very well go on and win the US Open aswell, which kicks off next month and his rivals will need to move over, as he continues to work his way back to the top.
SIGN OFF
Right, so that's it for now and another Wimbledon has come to a close, so all that remains for me to say is congrats to Angelique Kerber and Novak Djokovic for their singles victories and commiserations to Serena Williams and Kevin Anderson for their losses. And no doubt, Wimbledon 2019 will have plenty of surprises in stall for us this time next year.
Right, so until the next post its bye for now!
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