a lot of times like the athletes that do really well in the clay courts are the ones that are like

more intense and more like aggressive in their play basically so like the grass court people or the

grass court players that really drive on a grass court are tend to be more like circumspect in their

play which is why i thought federer would pull it off because Nadal has always been like,

I always thought him as like the Claycourt guys, that makes sense, you know?

So that's why I expected Federer to win despite the comeback. And then I was like, when Nadal won,

it's like he slammed himself on the ground. I was like, oh.

It's July 2008, Federer Nadal at the Wimbledon men's singles final.

This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey, and maybe chart the path of the zeitgeist.

I'm your host Thomas Semrick, and my guest is Daruni, data analyst, veteran of the campaign policy space, and DNC delegate. Go back to 08. We got a couple lanes here with tennis and the 08 primary.

Are you excited to go back, grab breakfast at Wimbledon, and catch a pretty big match?

Yeah, it's pretty exciting.

I remember this to this day because, like, my dad and I used to watch tennis when we're

younger.

I remember Steffie Graff was playing.

It was like a big deal for me that like when she married Andre Agassi and I was like,

it's just kind of one of those things.

I've just kind of kept up in the background in my head and my dad and I used to watch all four of the grand slam

tournaments i distinctly remember because my dad and i were like my dad was just like sitting around

watching the final my mom and i were doing something i think we like went to a class or something and i

came back home and he was still watching it and i was like oh what's going on then we sat and we watched

with him because like i don't know i just remember this to the day. Because it's like, this is also the time. I want to say this is like about when Kate Middleton and Prince William broke up because, um, basically she wants to get married and he didn't. And she wanted like next steps and stuff. Like I don't know why I know this but like um yeah this it was like pretty horrific actually like something I remembered about the British

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