Rafa in 5

Hi there,

Last weekend there was an historic competition in Australia between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal became the first male Spaniard ever to win Australian Open in a final that lasted 4.23 hours. There was a huge lead up, by thousands of fans, to the final at Melbourne Park between Rafa and Roger Federer since these were two of the greatest tennis champions of all time. Rafa was looking for his 6th Grand Slam victory in 17 appearences and Roger was looking for his 14th title which is the record-equalling one with Pete "Pistol" Sampras. It was amazing to see these two champions giving their best to win the title in a game that lasted 5 sets.

Rafa won this exciting the game 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-2. Federer was unable to speak, he tried to force back the tears but couldn't manage. Rafa is winning majors at a faster rate than Federer at the same age, faster than anyone except Bjorn Borg. Rafa now has a chance to make a calender Grand Slam, which can be a historical achievement since there are only 2 players who have done this before. (Don Budge 1938 and Rod Laver 1962&1969). In this modern era there is only one player who completed a Career Grand Slam on four different surfaces: Andre Agassi.

This game will be one of the classics but will not beat the final they played at Wimbledon last year which is considered to be the greatest game in history.

J