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The 2008 Wimbledon final has been touted as the greatest tennis match ever (and confirmed as such by none other than John McEnroe, a contestant in the previous match to hold that title).
It followed two encounters at the most prestigious of Grand Slams between the same two players, who had also been the top-ranked men in the world for over three years.
Just a year later, Wimbledon was blessed with another headline-hitting final that itself challenged for the title of greatest ever.
On this occasion, the contest brought together one of the protagonists from the 2008 tennis-fest with the man against whom he had the oldest rivalry.
The stage is therefore set to attempt an objective assessment between these two consecutive Wimbledon triumphs.
So step up, 2008 and 2009, the first matches to be assessed by the formula devised by Bleacher Report’s top-notch science brain, Claudia Celestial Girl: the CCG template.
To quickly recap the criteria and scoring, each topic and sub-topic (12 in all) is worth 0-3 points. Each match, therefore, may earn up to 36 points.
(NB Apologies for the length of this piece. I was keen to thoroughly test the template at its first outing.)
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