Was Sundays Wimbledon Final Greater Than the 2008 US Open at Torrey Pines?
In elementary school science classes we learned about a simple classification system used to group living things and if I recall correctly a favorite remembrance device our teachers used was “King Phillip Came Over From Germany Sailing.” If we broke down sports into classifications, golf and tennis would surely share the same subdivision. So naturally, it was inevitable that soon after Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal finished their epic battle at Wimbledon late Sunday evening London time, the comparisons and debate between the historic tennis match at the All England Club and historic U.S. Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines would begin. For five days and ninety-one holes Rocco Mediate matched the incomparable Tiger Woods shot for shot. For five sets, lasting four hours and forty-eight minutes the 22-year-old Nadal traded booming groundstrokes with the 26-year-old Federer. Both events were equally compelling and historic standing alone, but broken down to a smaller classification the i
