Wednesday, July 8, 2009

"Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row"

From the Los Angeles Times:
Andy Roddick's career-long frustration against Roger Federer reminded New York Daily News columnist Mike Lupica of the time Vitas Gerulaitis ended a 16-match losing streak against Jimmy Connors and opened a postmatch news conference by announcing, "Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row." . . .
Andy Roddick has won just 2 of the 21 matches against Federer, and none of the eight matches at Grand Slam events.

Roddick lost a remarkable match against Roger Federer, arguably the best tennis player of all time, in the Wimbledon final. The match went five sets and the fifth set ended up 16-14, the longest Grand Slam final in history.

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