I am probably billionth guy writing about Roger Federer winning french open and equalling Pete Sampras's record of incredible 14 grand slams. This has been much anticipated especially after Nadal's exit to Robin Soderling who was the runner up and Federer defeated him in straight sets in the final. Federer's service was top class which he had badly missed in the tournament so far. I feel one thing that really worked to Fed's advantage was cloudy and cold weather making his past experience count. Soderling had blasted his opponents before reaching the final and the conditions in final were very different from the rest. Ball did not bounce much, was carried away by the strong wind and the court was slippery once it started to drizzle.
Well, there would be much more professional analysis of such a high-profile match and I am the least qualified to talk about it. But one thing I would like to mention is about the famous Bjorn Borg, who has won 11 grand slams (6 French open and 5 Wimbledon). Apparently he has thanked Robin Soderling for defeating Nadal. Nadal has won 4 consecutinve French open (so did Bjorn Borg) and was knocked out by Soderling in 4th round. If he had gone on to win this time as well he would have broken Borg's record by winning it 5 consecutive times and Borg has thanked Soderling for preserving Borg's record! Wow, what a sportsmanship... Records are always improved in Sports making it more interesting and competetive. A person with such a record should not say things like these. And this is not the first time Borg is doing this. In Wimbledon 2008, Federer was on his way to win 6th consecutive grass court championship and Nadal stopped him. Borg, who also had 5 consecutive Wimbledon wins, thanked Nadal for not letting Federer break his record. Anyway nobody listens to him nowadays. Current tennis is such a clean game, where a player questions umpire's decision even if it is against him.
Let the true spirit rule.
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