Tennis Country Preview - The Championships, Wimbledon 2012 Gentlemen's Singles Final
On Sunday afternoon in London on the grass courts at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, history will be made when six-time Wimbledon champion, Roger Federer, faces "hometown favorite" Brit/Scot, Andy Murray, in the Wimbledon Gentlemen’s Singles
final. Roger Federer, a six-time Wimbledon champion and sixteen-time Grand Slam champion will be playing in the Wimbledon final for the first time since 2009 and trying to tie Pete Sampras with seven Wimbledon singles titles. If he wins the title, Federer will also become Number One again and tie Sampras for the most weeks ranked Number One. Federer is 14-1 in Grand Slam singles finals when he is not playing Rafael Nadal and 6-1 in Wimbledon finals, but he has not won a Grand Slam title since the 2010 Australian Open (over Andy Murray in the final).
On the other side of the net, Brit/Scot, Andy Murray, will be the first British man to play in the Wimbledon singles final since 1938. If Murray wins the title he will become the first British man (Virginia Wade won in 1977) to win the singles title since Fred Perry in 1936. This is Murray’s first time in the Wimbledon final, but he has played in three other Grand Slam finals, losing twice to Federer at the U.S. Open (2008) and Australian Open (2010) and at the Australian Open (2011) to Novak Djokovic. Murray leads his head-to-head rivalry with Federer 8-7, but they have never played on grass and Federer has won their two Grand Slam matches in the finals at the U.S Open and Australian Open. Federer has also won their last two matches including earlier this year on hard courts at Dubai.
We present our analysis of the players below:
Roger Federer Andy Murray
Form Strong in quarters and semis Played well in tight moments
Fitness Back seems better Seems fit, as he can be…
Experience Been here, won it 6 times First Wimbledon final
Pressure May not get another chance Playing for history
Intangible Can he keep his eye on the ball Can he handle “the moment”
Prediction: Federer in four sets
On the other side of the net, Brit/Scot, Andy Murray, will be the first British man to play in the Wimbledon singles final since 1938. If Murray wins the title he will become the first British man (Virginia Wade won in 1977) to win the singles title since Fred Perry in 1936. This is Murray’s first time in the Wimbledon final, but he has played in three other Grand Slam finals, losing twice to Federer at the U.S. Open (2008) and Australian Open (2010) and at the Australian Open (2011) to Novak Djokovic. Murray leads his head-to-head rivalry with Federer 8-7, but they have never played on grass and Federer has won their two Grand Slam matches in the finals at the U.S Open and Australian Open. Federer has also won their last two matches including earlier this year on hard courts at Dubai.
We present our analysis of the players below:
Roger Federer Andy Murray
Form Strong in quarters and semis Played well in tight moments
Fitness Back seems better Seems fit, as he can be…
Experience Been here, won it 6 times First Wimbledon final
Pressure May not get another chance Playing for history
Intangible Can he keep his eye on the ball Can he handle “the moment”
Prediction: Federer in four sets
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