Totally crashed Murray.

Jude..i didnt get to see any of his matches though.. i­ caught the Verdasco vs Davydenko match and Serena vs­ aussie girl Stosur... "aussie aussie aussie... oi­ oi oi..". lol weren't they in for a shocker­ lol..

Brian No.605 i was just saying Federer was the best­ suited for the role cause he represents class and Rolex­ is about class.. i don't however agree with­ undermining any other player.

Jude No.584.. howdy mate.. you noticed that too did­ you... rafa's confidence went up dramatically­ during the tournament... you could just him going for­ his shots and yes, unfortunate he withdrew in the end..­ For anyone who wants acurate updates on Rafa, his next­ tournament or his injuries.. rafa's made it simple­ for us.. join his page on Facebook.. he updates it­ regularly... yesterday's said he's waiting for­ results...etc... cheers.

First - sorry for my language - I'm from Poland­ :-)
Second - I can't understand how people can­ compare Roger and Rafa.
It is true that Rafa is great­ tennis player and beat Roger few times. But 2008 - 2009­ Rafa was in his best form ( maybe top form ever ) and­ Roger wasn't. Roger is only human and­ "should" has be beaten sametimes....for his­ motivation and people who love tennis. Marray, Delpo,­ Djoko can beat Roger too, but only if Roger isn't­ in his best.
Real secret of greatness­ is....consistently win matches when You aren't in­ Your best form. THAT CAN "ONLY" ROGER FEDERER­ !!!!!!! I sow live Rafa's press conferencse after­ match with Andy and he said that during 2 sets against­ Andy he played his best !!! So we can't say that­ Rafa was beaten becouse was injured. Nadal is only­ human too, but he hasn't abilities to win when he­ isn't in his best.
When Roger is in­ "his" best form NOBADY can beat him becouse­ this is tennis from another planet.
I really wish Rafa­ all the best but I think that now is more mental­ problem than his kness

Federer the greatest......Nadal the king of­ Clay......Murray a mole in the hole....

The final winners in various categories of Australian­ Open 2010

are number 8 persons.

Roger Federer was­ born on August 8,1981.Serena Williams was

born on­ September 26,(2+6=8) 1981..Venus Williams was born on­

June 17,1980(1+7=8).

Serena won the women's­ final.The williams sisters won the

double.

Leander­ Paes and Cara Black won the mixed doubles.Paes was­

born on June 17,1973..Cara Black was born on February­ 17,1979.

All persons born on 8,17 or 26 of any month­ carry birth number 8.

Now,some thing more about­ Federer.

Federer won the Australian Open final in­ 161 minutes(1+6+1=

8).He has won 16(2 times 8) Grand­ Slams in 8 years.He has now

won atlest one Grand­ Slam per year for 8 consecutive years.

He has now­ become the fifth man in history to win 4 Australian­

Open titles after 8 years Since Andre Agassi in­ 2003.

Roger Federer was 27 years and 332 days old as­ on July

5,2009.Numbers are strongly­ significant.Because,they finally

adds up to 8(27+­ 332=359,3+ 5 +9=17,1 +7=8).Then he became the

­ greatest tennis champion by overtaking Pete­ Sampras.Federer

won his fifth consecutive Wimbledon­ medal on July

8,2008.Federer was born on August­ 8,1981. The month-August- is

the 8th one from­ January.Also,addition of the date,month and

year­ gives 35,which adds upto 8((8+ 8 +1+ 9+ 8 +1=35.Further­

adding,3+ 5=8). Federer is reported to have begun­ playing tennis

at the age of 8.He is the first player­ to earn $8 million in prize

money in one season.­

It may be noted that the numerological value of­ the letter"f"(the

first letter of federer)­ is 8.
MK DAMODARAN

who cares,hes just another loud mouthed scott,that­ hates the english.do not care if he never wins another­ thing in his life.

After wining this AO, Federer has not only tie­ Agassi's record of 4 AO titles but he has now­ shared another record with Sampras and Borg - 8­ straight yrs with at least one GS title. I am sure­ he will break both of these tie record next yr.­

Federer has won back all 3 GS titles in a row­ (French, Wimbleton, Aussie) which he had once lost to­ Nadal, though he did not achieve this by defeating­ Nadal in the 3 finals .... as Nadal had problems to­ make any final which is his own problem (due to the way­ he played his game which could only bring him­ short-term success...). The next 3 GS this yr will­ remain a great challenge to Federer :

- To beat Nadal­ in French Open (may not be in the final as Nadal has­ lost his #2 ranking)
- Win his record tying 7th­ Wimbleton title
- Win back the US Open title

Any of­ one these will be already a great further achievement­ for Federer, though if he can accomplish all three, ­ he will have achieved the calendar Grand Slam (a bonus)­ which as Federer as said he has no pressure to have to­ push himself to achieve this.

Federer handled last­ yr US Open defeat in a much better way than his last AO­ defeat. He has changed and realize it is not a must­ for him to have to win everything to prove himself, ­ as he does not need to ~ not anymore as he has won­ enough and already reached the top of the mountain. ­ It is just up to him about how long he like to stay up­ there while the other younger boys are still trying­ hard to climb up. It is smart for him not to let the­ media to put the pressure of winning a calendar­ grandslam on his shoulder. He knows very well the­ other younger top players are all very good now and he­ himself could play a good match here but not so well in­ another tournament as a human being in all yr long. ­ But I guess when Federer could feel more relax now­ without too much burden to have to win more, he is­ more dangerous than ever and this is scary to other­ players

Murali I won't be quick to say that Nadal has the­ pressure of getting the slam i.e all four slams in his­ resume... too many assumptions bro. lol

People dont you just love the Rolex advert...­ classy..they chose the best sportsman to do it for­ them... nice!

if only he'd grow the hell up and STOP lookin at­ his momma after every point in desperation...seriously,­ the mommy boy has to look up for anything and­ everything, including challenges, nappie change, slam a­ racket....gees, if they stop mamma from comin to the­ matches, this poor sucker would just QUIT

P S, reed­ on weeds next article : MURRAY was real no.1 in that­ match and would have beaten Fed .... if only they were­ playing a best of 9 sets

That's for all you nimrods who thought Murray would­ win. Ha ha ha!!! What a joke all those comments before­ the final. I think everyone forgot that Murray was­ playing against the best ever!!! A tennis lesson yet­ again for Andy, he should start paying Roger for those.­ He he he.

Simon Reed's next article headline will be
THE­ OFFICIAL NUMBER ONE thrashed "THE TRUE NUMBER­ ONE"

@ coolworld - Congratulations :)))

He never seizes to­ amaze me. I really believed it was possible that this­ was the one for Murray. I am so proud and pleased.­ Cheers.

I think even a fit Nadal can't beat Fed at this­ time as he did when Fed was under pressure of breaking­ all time GS record. Now Fed has no pressure similar­ to Nadal when he beat Fed. If Fed is lucky enough he­ would get a chace to meet Nadal, who by the way lost­ his body in process of dethroning Fed no 1 ranking, in­ all three remaining slams this year.

Perhaps Andy Murray peaked too soon, and left his best­ tennis on court a few days earlier: against Rafa?

He­ wouldn't be the first bloke who's found himself­ eventually running on empty after defeating "The­ King of Clay".

The Commentators seemed to be in general agreement that­ even if Murray had won the 3rd set: he was finished­ physically, and thus would almost certainly still have­ lost the match regardless.
If he had played much more­ aggressively, and imaginatively he could have taken­ Federer out of his comfort zone worried, and fatigued­ him enough to make this far more of an even match, and­ maybe made history (The 1st British man to win a Grand­ Slam singles title for 74 years, etc.....)?
Federer may­ have been unbeatable today irrespective of whatever­ Murray did out there, but given the fact that Murray­ clearly didn't go all out for glory......I guess­ we'll never know eh?

Only a fit & healthy­ Nadal could have endured Federer today, and up for­ more. Murray is simply not anywhere this sort of league­ in terms of physical fitness stamina mental­ strength & stamina.
If Nadal is somehow able to­ recover physically; mentally, and technically to the­ level (or above) where he used to be; del Potro keeps­ on improving, and Federer maintains his present­ imperial level of Tennis speed; agility; focus, and­ play, then I personally think that Andy Murray could­ find himself waiting indefinitely for Grand Slam­ glory.

Only time (as ever!) will truly tell!

It is often said that True Champions are born, rather­ than made. Obviously Roger Federer falls into the­ former category; as does Rafael Nadal, and perhaps also­ does Juan Martin del Potro?
As for Andy Murray......I­ think the Jury is still out: with regards to whether he­ is the former, or will eventually become the­ latter?
The fact that Murray was reduced today to a­ physical; mental & emotional wreck: after being­ made to look silly as he vainly chased Grand Slam­ glory, not only perfectly illustrates what it actually­ takes to overcome a player competitor of the sheer­ class & genius of Roger Federer....but also just­ how amazing Rafael Nadal has been for being the only­ person on earth able to live with beat Federer­ consistently during his Grand Slam history - especially­ in breaking Federer's near invincible winning run­ at Wimbledon!
By the same token, the same can be said­ for the extraordinary single feat of del Potro in­ slaying The Federer U.S. Open devouring Monster with­ such courage; conviction, and heavenly­ inspiration.

Murray may have won many new fans today:­ because of his touching show of heartfelt emotion -­ which presumably highlights his burning ambition to win­ a BIG ONE, but he needs to realize that going­ toe-to-toe with Roger, and even outplaying him for a­ few games will never be enough to beat him.....unless­ of course Federer has a bit of an off day.
Murray need­ to find a way somehow, of being able to relax; focus;­ generate a sustained top quality of play, and intensity­ of competitivity for at least 3 out of 5 sets for 2­ whole weeks, IF he is to eventually become the­ best.
Nadal definitely was, and maybe still is capable­ of this feat; as was is del Potro.
For me personally,­ Murray doesn't quite have what it takes to be a­ Grand Slam Champion just yet; but could very soon have:­ if he is patient, and allows himself to reach maturity.

Yes Murray is a good player but I don't understand­­ why people say he's so fit, he is not fit, he is­­ not a best of 5 for 2 weeks fit, not just mentally but­­ also physically, in less than 3 sets he was wincing­ and­ holding his right leg and having trouble stopping­ and­ pivoting...even if he'd won the 3rd set, he­­ couldn't have actually played through the 4th.­­

despite the quality of his tennis (and I'm not­­ denying that it's excellenet) I doubt he would­­ have even made it to the final if he had had some 4 or­­ 5 set matches earlier in the tournament.