Sometimes you try your level best and then too all that you end up with is sadness. Yeah you do get some thumbs-ups and well-dones but at the end of the day the feeling that remains in the heart of yours is sadness. It eats you alive. It makes you burn in the scorching fire of regret, the what-ifs and the what-if-nots. It drains all your strength if it is allowed to linger, but can well be one of the best teachers if looked upon in the correct manner. No no, its not that I have suffered some recent defeat or something…I felt this when I saw Andy Roddick cry after losing the Wimbledon Finals to Roger Federer.
Yes the Super-Server fought like a bull till the very end of the match and once even seemed to take the match for himself. He was sometimes magnificent and sometimes full of power…but in the end I think the perseverance of Federer was what undid the Roddick Dream! Yes Federer proved to the world that he is best player of Tennis that the world has ever seen. I mean not everyone wins 15 grand slams in one’s carreer and the way Federer has acheived this glory, with all the finesse and grace is something that will make him immortal in the annuls of World Tennis.
But it sure was heartbreaking to see Roddick crestfallen, although he ought to be proud of himself. But thats the point that I am trying to make…regret always makes way into your mind when you fail…even if you fought real hard to win. So, all Roddick needs is perseverance. I know its easy to say than to actually do so, but I know the Super-Server will do it.
Go Roddick Go!
The Vidyarthi 
