Sport can be better than sex. It just was.

There are not words that can describe the greatness of the Wimbledon final just witnessed, and the two players involved. The levels of tennis, the style, power and determination displayed were like nothing I've ever seen. Sport generates cliches as there are only so many possible story lines and they must end up being repeated - this game deserves the cliche of 'taking tennis to a new level'. Certainly, in my lifetime, there has never been a game of such consistent inspiration and quality of play.

Rafa and Roger are a rivalry to savour - two complimentary talents so finely balanced. Both complete players, Federer's strength is the subtlety and fluency of his tennis whereas Nadal excels in the power stakes, blowing his man off the court. They are also perfect examples of two distinct types of top sportspeople. Roger exemplifies the oft-invoked 'being in the zone'. His focus is steely and his mind fully in the moment. He doesn't shout or wildly celebrate small victories, instead calmly moving from point to point, set to set, with total, unbroken concentration. He brings to mind athletes like Tiger Woods playing the back nine in the last round of a major, Steffi Graf in her pomp, Jonny Wilkinson dropping a vital goal, Zidane orchestrating a beautiful attacking move or Brian Lara in complete control of a crucial innings. His brilliance is clinical - which mustn't give the impression of sterility or caution as he has flair and genius aplenty - and betrays no chink of weakness. Nadal, on the other hand, can be seen in a long and proud line of impassioned competitors - with raging heart and sparkling genius not to be dulled. He invokes Flintoff imposing his will on the Australian batsmen with brute force of personality, McEnroe dying for every point, Martin Johnson dragging England forward or Roy Keane forcing his team-mates up to his level. The common factor is a desperation to win - coupled with the ability and skill to compete at the very highest level.

This discernable contrast of styles, play and personality makes this one of the greatest sporting battles we may ever see, and one to cherish for however long it lasts. So many times in this match you saw points at which any of the other players in this tournament would - and did in their games against these two - crumble. They would lack the necessary strength of character and faith in their ability to hit the line on a crucial point, to fire down that strong first serve necessary to save a break point against. So many times in this match did Federer and Nadal save those break points and make those winning shots. More often than not with a flashing winner any player would be proud of.

I thank whoever there is to thank for giving us sport, drama, entertainment and people of this quality - we are very, very lucky.