Jul 5th, 2009 - FOX Sports
The now greatest player ever was bruised, but he wasn't beaten yet.
Andy Roddick gave Roger Federer all he could handle in the Wimbledon final. (Anja Niedringhaus / Associated Press)
But Federer did not want to walk away from the final like he did last year, his face splattered with tears after a wrenching 9-7 loss in the fifth set to Rafael Nadal. So this time, he responded, cracking a wicked service winner, launching another service bullet and then taking Roddick's next return and ripping a swing volley winner.