Former world number one,the Swiss Roger Federer lost to the reigning world number one, Rafael Nadal of Spain by 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-2.
Nadal now has 6 grand slams and Roger still has to get one more to equal Pete Sampras’s record of 14 grand slam titles.
Here is an excerpt from a blog post i wrote here on my other blog:
http://knayam.com/2009/02/01/rafael-wins-australian-open-beating-federer/
It was the scene when at presentation ceremony the great Roger Federer broke down and cried inconsolably. Man, I could not bear those scenes. Roger said” May be ill try later. God, its killing me…” and then he broke down cried his heart out for long time. A tsunami of emotions at that very moment. A terrible sight for tennis fans. I would have written about how he played the match but after watching this, I am not in a position to write anything. It was just so overwhelmingly difficult to see him sry. That shows how much he wanted it (a win against Nadal in finals) and how badly it hurts him losing yet again to Federer. But I dont think the loss again was the factor that made him cry. Nadal has just gotten so deep.. ahh…forget it. I wont say anything. It was just too hard to see that. For the champion he is, I cant believe it. You are still the champion and still the greatest Roger. That is one sight I will never forget.
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