July 14 is celebrated in France as Bastille Day, in memory of the Parisians’ uprising during the French Revolution to destroy the hated prison with resounding cries demanding Liberty, Fraternity and Equality.
July 14, 2019, witnessed two epic contests in London. At Wimbledon, in the Men’s Singles Final, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer battled it out over five sets, the last one levelling out at 12-12. Djokovic won the Championship in the tie-breaker by a few points. The audience in Wimbledon and the millions who watched the match through television had never seen such a wonderfully well-played contest. Most, like me, saw two great and equal champions, not a winner and a loser.
Not very far away, another epic contest was underway at Lord’s, at the Cricket World Cup Final, with both the finalists, New Zealand and England, ending the match in a remarkable tie, with each side scoring 214 runs. In the play-off over, both sides again remarkably scored 15 runs each. The Heavens demanded that both should be declared winners, but a complicated formula gave the title to England.
Fans of both matches around the world only saw the great skill and sportsmanship displayed by the participants in both championships, and it was more than a bit of let down that a great player in tennis and a great team in cricket were declared losers.
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