For the first time in 3 years,you will find neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal playing in the Grand Slam Final.
While in the case of Rafael Nadal,it was once again an injury-affected loss,which meant that he was ousted in the QuarterFinal itself.
After struggling in the 2nd round,Roger Federer won comfortably in the 3rd round,4th Round and looked extremely good while defeating Wawrinka in the Quarterfinal.And when Nadal lost the match yesterday,I thought the path for another Australian Open looks quite comfortable for Federer.
Thanks to the 5-hour power-cut in my locality,I couldn't catch much of today's match.Finally,when I indeed managed to watch the match,I wished I didn't watch it,I wished it was a FAKE.I was shocked to see Roger Federer 2 sets down and then,being broken on his own serve.Later,when he broke Novak Djokovic's serve again to level the games won tally 4-4,I expected Federer to win another game on his serve and then win the 3rd set 6-4 or 7-5;instead he committed 3 consecutive Forehand errors to give 40-0 lead to Djokovic and then lost the game too.And he didn't make much of an effort to break Djokovic's serve either,resulting in a Straight Sets' loss.
Despite being in super form,during the last 2 Tournaments(Dubai and World Tour Finals.) and having a better career record against Djokovic,I'm surprised that he failed badly in SemiFinals of this Tournament. Watching the highlights made me realise that the First Set was indeed a closely fought one,lost in the Tie-breaker;but the Second set performance was surprisingly disappointing;from 4-2 lead Federer conceded a 5-7 loss!
Despite this loss,I still admire Roger Federer;he will always remain the Best Athlete,I'd seen.Having won 16 Grand Slam titles,there's little that Roger needs to achieve to prove anything;I believe he's enjoying his game,as he's still playing some wonderful shots;just that he couldn't control the errors during some crucial moments of the match,or maybe the hunger has gone down.
Nearing the age of 30 years,it's not that easy for a Tennis player to still defeat easily the same players,who might've improved with experience and also reached a peak age,where they play at their best.I would just like to see one more year,when the talk is all about the 'All-conquering' Federer,winning almost every Tournament,the way he did during 2004-07.
While in the case of Rafael Nadal,it was once again an injury-affected loss,which meant that he was ousted in the QuarterFinal itself.
After struggling in the 2nd round,Roger Federer won comfortably in the 3rd round,4th Round and looked extremely good while defeating Wawrinka in the Quarterfinal.And when Nadal lost the match yesterday,I thought the path for another Australian Open looks quite comfortable for Federer.
Thanks to the 5-hour power-cut in my locality,I couldn't catch much of today's match.Finally,when I indeed managed to watch the match,I wished I didn't watch it,I wished it was a FAKE.I was shocked to see Roger Federer 2 sets down and then,being broken on his own serve.Later,when he broke Novak Djokovic's serve again to level the games won tally 4-4,I expected Federer to win another game on his serve and then win the 3rd set 6-4 or 7-5;instead he committed 3 consecutive Forehand errors to give 40-0 lead to Djokovic and then lost the game too.And he didn't make much of an effort to break Djokovic's serve either,resulting in a Straight Sets' loss.
Despite being in super form,during the last 2 Tournaments(Dubai and World Tour Finals.) and having a better career record against Djokovic,I'm surprised that he failed badly in SemiFinals of this Tournament. Watching the highlights made me realise that the First Set was indeed a closely fought one,lost in the Tie-breaker;but the Second set performance was surprisingly disappointing;from 4-2 lead Federer conceded a 5-7 loss!
Despite this loss,I still admire Roger Federer;he will always remain the Best Athlete,I'd seen.Having won 16 Grand Slam titles,there's little that Roger needs to achieve to prove anything;I believe he's enjoying his game,as he's still playing some wonderful shots;just that he couldn't control the errors during some crucial moments of the match,or maybe the hunger has gone down.
Nearing the age of 30 years,it's not that easy for a Tennis player to still defeat easily the same players,who might've improved with experience and also reached a peak age,where they play at their best.I would just like to see one more year,when the talk is all about the 'All-conquering' Federer,winning almost every Tournament,the way he did during 2004-07.
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