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Originally Posted by highthief
The standard was very good - both just have such overpowering serves that there were a lot of short points, but not because of a lot of unforced errors. Neither one is a scrambler like Nadal so you may see fewer spectacular recovery shots but other than that, both were in excellent form.
As for Roddick - 3 finals, 3 times against Federer, 3 losses. He probably feels the Federer did against Nadal at the French the past few years. If it was anyone other than Federer in the final, he might have 3 titles by now.
US Open next. Much as I hate to admit it, it's that fool Murray's best chance to win a major.
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In fact, of the five times Roddick has reached a grand slam final, he has only won one of them. In the other four, (three of which were at Wimbledon) he faced Roger Federer.
The other loss for Roddick against Federer was at the 2006 US Open. That's why I always regarded Roddick's greatest rival/obstacle as Federer, since before he won his 2003 US Open title (the one he was lucky to obtain because Fed was knocked out early), he never got another taste of a championship without having Roger waiting for him, just to ultimately smack his delicious winning ice-cream cone down.