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Olympic silver or gold!
Roger made his dream for an Olympic medal come true today, winning the longest tennis singles match in Olympic history! He defeated Juan Del Potro 3-6, 7-6, 19-17 after four hours and 26 minutes of play.
Roger and Del Potro showed an incredibly dramatic semi-final today, with Del Potro scoring the a break in the first set to give him the advantage he needed. Roger won the tie-break of the second set, and then things really went wild. Del Potro missed a shot and gave our champ his first service break of the afternoon, after over three hours of play, and the chance to serve for the match at 10-9. But the Argentinian broke back - at love - to stay in the match. Only 16 (!) games later did Roger then earn himself the second chance to close out the match.
Roger will next face the winner of the other semifinal between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic in the quest for an Olympic gold medal on Sunday.
The beaten finalist has spoken to the BBC, and he's predictably gracious, particularly when asked about the key game, the third of the second set which lasted for 20 minutes – "He was already a break up."
"He did play very well. He was better, much better than I was. I had a very emotional tournament for the first round on. Maybe I was emotionally drained a little bit, maybe I left a little bit too much on court. Andy played really well, made good sho
Sorry it wasn't Gold you wanted. But I am so proud of you. You made all the efforts you could make. At least one of your dreams has come true. I, for one, prefer 7th Wimbledon title rather than Olymic Gold.
And do you know something? In Japanese kanji, gin(silver)is 銀:which means it is better(良）than kin(gold) 金. Leave something for the future. Don't accomplish everything.
Thank you, my brave one. I love you and am so proud of you.
Keiko
You were too tired of SF frinday, I do think so.
You had a good start, but it was not enough to break him and he got you.
You dit your best!!!! i'm very proud of you and thank you very much for you commitment!
You are always my NO1 and best of all....
Take a good rest now....
Miwa
Totally agree, silver isn't bad!
n doubt Murray can ever make as many achievments in his life as roger has!
now bring on US open!
Please, have a rest and come back!!
We all need you!!
With love, Aleksandra, Russia.
You must be exhausted, have a lovely, restful holiday, good birthday you are our no.1!