It was hard to stick to one channel last
night if you’re a sport fan. The great Wimbledon final between Roger and
Murray, and the Formula 1 at Silverstone were running concurrently and as the
F1 went to Mark Webber at 9.45 pm, Murray was leading Roger with 1 set up and
it was such an exciting tennis match between a legend and a highly talented
British player so eager to win his first Grand Slam. After all, it has been
since 1938 that a British won their home tournament at Wimbledon, expectations
were high on Murray seen as the best chance to end the drought for so many
decades.
He failed eventually despite of winning the first set and so close in
the second but when the roof was closed and turned the court into an indoor
one, Roger was simply unstoppable. Perhaps, he shoulders too much of the
expectations of his countrymen as even the likes of David Bergkamp, Posh Spice,
Duchess of Cambridge and her sister Pippa and Prime Minister David Cameron were
there to lend him supports.
In the end, Murray choked when delivering his
speech and his public tears just proved how much winning at Wimbledon meant to
him. But he did his countrymen proud, 20-millions Britons were reportedly
following the live telecast on TV struggled to contain their disappointments.
Despite of losing the match, clearly the young lad has the supports of his
countrymen undividedly behind him.
Switched over channel 301 of Astro and you
see two so familiar faces finger-pointing at each other again for the second
time and there was nothing new at all, not inspiring, not moving, perhaps a
little bit disgusting especially when they took turns to throw slanders at each
other. Talking about policies to benefit the people and country? Are these two
guys genuinely thought that they are capable to bring about a significant
change to effect a better live for us?
Watching Murray losing to Roger is more
inspiring I guess, at the very least, there were no crocodile’s tears. Murray’s tears were
genuine.