Tears rolling down the cheeks of two great players was a sight which we all saw after end of the Australian Open final. But the emotions conveyed by these tears where world apart. A tear of disbelief, a dream come true, joy was followed by a tear of despair, helplessness, grief.
It was a match of great player of all time against great player at the moment. The best player of the moment survived in the end. "You need to win the point against him three or four times more than against all the other players" is what Verdasco said about his compatriot after losing in semis to him and rightly so. It was almost impossible to get through him as he was able to cover the whole world America to Asia without raising a eyebrow.
Although I had believed Federer is really strong and can defeat Rafa but somehow he just was not able to keep the momentum going in the last set as he handed the service break to Rafa by committing a string of unforced error. The serving of both of them was not A-class. Overall it just didn't seem the A-game of both the player.
Way Rafa has been improving over the year he seems very close to repeating the feat of calendar grand slam. I hope that Federer wins his 14th quickly but with each conceded win to Rafa , 14th slam is becoming further away from Federer.
