Roger Federer finally won the French Open title (after losing consecutive 3 finals to Rafael Nadal) making it 14 Grandslams - Five each of Wimbledon and US Open, 3 Australian and the solitary French Open.
The biggest advantage for Fedex is that it was Robin Soderling on the other side of the court and not Rafa.. Had it been Rafa, he would have lost the game mentally. Being Soderling, who had lost all his 9 meetings with Federer (funny to hear his speech in the presentation ceremony saying that having lost 9 times, thought he wont lose the 10th time, but has promised will not make it 11) made Fedex's job bit easy. Also the big match tension would have authored Soderling's fall.
But the big question being - Did Federer play his best tennis - what we used to see in the Wimbledon - the answer is NO. Had it been somebody else other than Del Petro, Fedex would not be having even the plate in his hand. Del Petro was tired mentally and physically after the 3rd set which made Fedex's job easier who peaked at the right time. Even in the finals, Fedex was not at his best - but played good tennis not to lose to Soderling.
Can't wait to see Fedex back in Wimbledon with the cup.. Rafa, you are now upagainst the person who has joined the elite group of 6 people to have won all four grandslams..
Finally, who else would have been better than Andre Agassi to handover the trophy.. Agassi knows for sure, how great a player Federer is !
