Sports Thread #3 for 7/3/09: Wimbledon 2009: Andy Roddick Advances To Final, Ruins Wimbledon Along With NBC

Yup, credit to Roddick for a brilliant win, and the hard work has paid off.......almost. Because if he somehow gets a miracle win over Federer on Sunday, then yes, it would have all paid off.

But Federer is certainly happy that he's playing this Andy instead of that Andy on Sunday. And fitting that he will break the Grand Slam record of an American (Pete Sampras) at the hands of an American (Roddick).

Turning point:
Just to highlight before a full write up later, the key turning point in the match was this moment, a moment when murray re-energized and emboldened Roddick after Murray had the momentum after winning the second set 6-4:

The first game of the third set, 0-40 up on Roddick's serve. He misses the backhand pass. Roddick saves the next two break points, and wins two more points, copping five points in a row to get out of that hole.

The match was in Roddick's ascendancy from then on.