I couldn't have asked for more on a sunday afternoon.. It was a treat to watch Nadal and Federer play in the finals of this season's first Grand Slam, The Australian Open!! The two tennis Gods, when they meet on courts as opponents, they just give their lives on the court..
It was Australian Open finals, in melbourne, Rod Laver arena, a hard court, Roger Federer(The Swiss champ) vs Rafael Nadal (The Spanish.. world no.1).. the perfect oponents!! When they play I sometimes feel, they are not humans!! I felt the same in the epic Wimbeldon finals last year, that was the last grand slam finals they played.. Nadal won then.. defeating the king of grass court(Federer).. Also Nadal had defeated Federer in Roland Gaross on the clay court.. So this time it was way more interesting to see the two rivals meet again in the third kind of court!!
You just cant describe the perfection with which these two play.. Nadal's 'impossible' backhand returns and Federer's superb forehand shots.. GOD!! The shots were calculated, measured, and executed so flawlessly.. The ball was being called out by a margin of micro millimeters I guess.. Both of them stretched beyond limits!! There was one particular set in which I had lost the count of number of times they battled on deuce,advantage.. It was awesome seeing them fight for single single point.. They play with amazing spirit..
But towards the end of the game.. We could see that, Federer had exhausted all his ideas.. We could see him loosing his cool.. He had little unwanted conversations with the umpire(Federer is not usually seen doing that).. He started making more 'unforced errors'.. Roger made 64 unforced errors in comparison to Rafael's 41.
At the end of all this, The spaniard outclassed the Swiss Champ.. Nadal won.. 7-5, 3-6,7-6,3-6,6-2.. This was Rafael's 6th Grand Slam Singles title.. and Nadal is the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open..
But the match was little less exciting than the finals of Wimbeldon 2008..
It was a emotional match too.. Federer broke down and he couldn't stop himself from crying.. and when I saw Federer in tears.. I also found my eyes moist..(Though I was supporting Nadal through out the match!!).. Federer has 13 Grand Slam titles in his name.. And when a player of such a class said 'God.. Its killing me" It made me feel weird.. You could see how much he wanted the title, and how dissapointed he was.. If he had won this he would have equalled Pete Samprs' record of 14 Grand Slam Titles..
I thoroughly enjoyed the 4hrs 23 mins play..
It was Australian Open finals, in melbourne, Rod Laver arena, a hard court, Roger Federer(The Swiss champ) vs Rafael Nadal (The Spanish.. world no.1).. the perfect oponents!! When they play I sometimes feel, they are not humans!! I felt the same in the epic Wimbeldon finals last year, that was the last grand slam finals they played.. Nadal won then.. defeating the king of grass court(Federer).. Also Nadal had defeated Federer in Roland Gaross on the clay court.. So this time it was way more interesting to see the two rivals meet again in the third kind of court!!
You just cant describe the perfection with which these two play.. Nadal's 'impossible' backhand returns and Federer's superb forehand shots.. GOD!! The shots were calculated, measured, and executed so flawlessly.. The ball was being called out by a margin of micro millimeters I guess.. Both of them stretched beyond limits!! There was one particular set in which I had lost the count of number of times they battled on deuce,advantage.. It was awesome seeing them fight for single single point.. They play with amazing spirit..
But towards the end of the game.. We could see that, Federer had exhausted all his ideas.. We could see him loosing his cool.. He had little unwanted conversations with the umpire(Federer is not usually seen doing that).. He started making more 'unforced errors'.. Roger made 64 unforced errors in comparison to Rafael's 41.
At the end of all this, The spaniard outclassed the Swiss Champ.. Nadal won.. 7-5, 3-6,7-6,3-6,6-2.. This was Rafael's 6th Grand Slam Singles title.. and Nadal is the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open..
But the match was little less exciting than the finals of Wimbeldon 2008..
It was a emotional match too.. Federer broke down and he couldn't stop himself from crying.. and when I saw Federer in tears.. I also found my eyes moist..(Though I was supporting Nadal through out the match!!).. Federer has 13 Grand Slam titles in his name.. And when a player of such a class said 'God.. Its killing me" It made me feel weird.. You could see how much he wanted the title, and how dissapointed he was.. If he had won this he would have equalled Pete Samprs' record of 14 Grand Slam Titles..
I thoroughly enjoyed the 4hrs 23 mins play..
