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.

Happy birthday to you Roger Federer. He has turned 27!

The year has not been good for Federer so far. He hasnt won a slam this year!

Lost in Australian Open to Djokovic, lost to Nadal in French Open and the most hurting, lost to Nadal in Wimbledon. All of these losses were in the finals.

And as of result of all this, he will soon lose his world number 1 ranking, which he has held for more than 4 years

Now US open is left and he is not high on confidence it seems. But he can and he will bounce back, no body doubts his abilities.

He has Olympics coming next. He has said recently that Olympics are very impotant for him. Coincidently, Olympics are starting from today, i.e. 8th Aug, which is also the birthday of Roger Federer. I hope he can win in Beijing.

Best of luck for your career and life!

Long live Roger!
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The world number one, Roger Federer is on a downfall ever since he lost at French Open 2008 at the hands of Rafael Nadal in a three setter. That loss as a whole was not as hurting for Federer and those who believe in him as compared to his loss at Wimbledon which is a grass court event. But now it seems, he is just finding too difficult to find his feet post those losses.

Federer is on a loosing spree something which is too uncharacteristic to Federer. Infact, he has lost 3 of his last four matches. He just lost to Ivo Karlovic, ranked 22 in the world by 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (5) in the third round of Cincinnati Masters. But his this loss means a lot to him and his rankings and ofcourse to Nadal.

This gives the Spainiard Nadal a golden opportunity to take the number one spot by Federer who has the spot under his belly for the last, hold your breath, 235 weeks! Thats roughly 4½ years of him being at the top. If Nadal goes on and wins this tournament, Roger Federer will no longer be the number one. Rafael will officially be crowned the number one.

As for my personal opinion, i would NEVER want Federer off the spot. If i can have my way, i would forever give the number one spot to him,lol. (Yeah yeah, bash me, im a fanboy).

I wish if  *god forbid* *dare i say it* *the Joker slits my throat before i say it*, is Federer has to go from the spot, i hope it is decided after the big one, US Open.