Posted 07/06/2008 8:40 PM by Gerry
Filed under: 2K Sports, Tennis, Top Spin 3, Wimbledon
In case you missed the Roger Federer/Rafael Nadal Wimbledon final marathon, the final score was 6-0, 6-0, 6-1 and the match lasted about 25 minutes. Yes, you read that right–Nadal turned Federer into Swiss cheese, at least he did in our reenactment of the match in
Top Spin 3. Click the jump for all of the history-altering highlights.
Firing up the PlayStation 3–the only version that includes Nadal–I
challenged my brother to an old English duel, with me helming the new
Wimbledon champion and him controlling Federer. We had to settle for
the dubious "Dublin Open" setting as it seems 2K couldn't secure the
rights to Wimbledon. And we're off:
Okay, so my brother couldn't quite get the controls and didn't really understand what each type of shot did. But, you have to hand it to him, he stuck to it, even when Federer looked like he was ready to kill the line judge:
I dropped a point in the third set–on my own serve even!–but I pulled out the rather quick victory (the whole match took about 25 minutes). Roger didn't seem to look to be in the congratulatory mood after the match though:
And of course, I rubbed it in a bit more when the match statistics popped up. Compare today's real-life statistics, courtesy of
Wimbledon.com:
| | |
|
| | Federer
| Nadal
|
| | | | |
| 1st Serve % | 66
| 73
|
|
| Aces | 25 | 6 |
|
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 |
|
| Unforced Errors | 52 | 27 |
|
| Winning % on 1st Serve | 93 of 128 = 73 % | 110 of 159 = 69 % |
|
| Winning % on 2nd Serve | 38 of 67 = 57 % | 35 of 59 = 59 % |
|
| Receiving Points Won | 73 of 215 = 34 % | 64 of 193 = 33 % |
|
| Break Point Conversions | 1/13
| 4/13 |
|
|
| Total Points Won | 204 | 209 |
|
|
With our game stats:
What we've learned here:
a) my brother sucks at this game
b) video games can predict the future
c) tennis is indeed still a sport
