Trust me Federer will not win any ATP and Grand Slam Tittle this year.He was just lucky to reach the finals in Australia.

For me the best player and most talented player is the player who win every match and would accept his defeat with no pain period.Hope RF fans out there understand............

@313, u don't need to wait until rafa 28, that's too long, just wait for another 3 or 4 years, he will be in the record book.. ;-)

People who doesn't like Rafa always say Rafa strength only on his muscles. Is it too hard to admit that Rafa is very skillful and talented tennis player?
Rafa has all to be the great...

BOBO m. U R ABOSULOTELY 100% CORRECT
its really very hard to play with a very consistent defensive players and most of the time you comment the error.
Cesar David - what brilliance you are talking about Rafa, I wud rather play and lost that way Fed play rather than our muscles my opponent. - Health is not issue here with regards to Rafa but again he ask for a masseur not a medical doctor, because whether he accepts it or not, that year end withdrawals and participating the Year End championship games, he already prepared himself for 2009.
no doubt that Fed / Nad era is the most exciting and intriguing in the history of tennis
pipol, if nadal dont have very powerful game, do u think he can beat Federer ( federer dont have power game but skills and brilliant shots)
just let the experts declare who is the BEST EVER.
and its too early to write nadal, wait for him to reach 28 or 30 , then lets see who he really is in the history.

The best player won.

truly, now people everywhere knows that for all his exploits, Fed will never compare to the brilliance that is Rafa. Everyone who is behind Roger must be smiling knowing that Rafa wasn't there for the past 13 slams otherwise, he wouldn't have actually reached that number and, if Rafa continues to improve, will never be able to get past 13. ha! unlucky $hit, he probably cried in his sleep. anyway, this victory is a slap in the face of all those organizers who rigged the tournament in favor to that crybaby, i mean come on, if anyone deserves that extra day of rest it should have been the number one seed, seriously, you just can't do that, you can't give an extra day of rest to someone who's world number two...and read that carefully...WORLD NUMBER TWO...not number one...because that's Rafael Nadal, and that's going to stay that way people, GET USED TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and KKL E, you can imitate Fed all you want, but there will always be the person who will play like Rafa and whoop your butt from end to end of the court!

No matter how many times Nadal won against Federer, I only want to play my tennis as cool as Federer's form instead of Nadal's. I just think most of the time Nadal just plays as a wall to spin back the ball to his opponent and wait for the error. He won but it is a tricky win. To certain extent it is not honorable. ( Federer is over the top already and actually he almost lost and out in quarter final already, yet his skill is perfect , skillwise, he is the no.1 )

I was a bit sad watching this one. Federer had so many chances to take it but couldn't. I think Nidal has not only right-sized Fed (historically) but has put some kind of lock on him to where I can't see him winning many matches against Rafa on any surface. Federer's play was just too passive and indecisive, certainly not the play of an all-time great!

In my opinion, highly motivated Nadal is unbeatable at the moment. Except serve and maybe few forehand volleys, Roger was on top level today (4 sets)! Fantastic forehands,
unbelievable backhands, amazing angels from both sides, great moving around the cort, good defense too, but whole "package" from Rafa was simply to good for Roger again, especially superb defensive skills. Anybody who play amateur tennis, knows how hard is to beat a really good defensive player. Roger has the same problem with Rafa and his game, based on heavy spined, high bouncing balls. It's very hard to hit winners when u stand few meters behind base line. You have to step in and take ball earlier, but number of errors will rise for sure, because timing to make that kind of shots must be perfect. Rafa's game is almost mistake-less ,either he play aggressive or defensive, which must be very destructive for Roger's mind and nerves. Obviously, he is not able to play constantly good to brake that huge barrier, first of all mentally, possible even physically. That's why so many mistakes in crucial moments. Big problem to solve, he can't expect short balls from Rafa in finals like this. Crying? Did someone took his lollipop? Anyway this was the best tennis match i have ever seen, and i hope we'll see a lot more finals between Rafa and Roger.
P.S. Coach instead Miroslava ???

Important stats: Comparisons.RAFA and ROGER at 22 yrs/7 months/28 days.MATCHES WON/LOST AT SAME AGE,Nad 344-78,Fed 259-112,TITLES Nad 32 Fed 14,TITLES HARD,Rafa 8 Fed 9,GC Nad 6 Fed 2,WKS at n°1, Nad 24 Fed 10,RECORD versus N°1, Nad 12-6 Fed 2-3.Those stats are quite amazing...Nadal can also be part of History...Despite evthg,I'll always be with you Roger!!!Jess X

According to me Federer has got some kind of Nadal-complex. He seemed sort of blocked somehow, especially when he had breakballs. It was not Nadal who the game, it was Federer who lost it. But Congratulations to Nadal anyway.

ılove tenis ılove rafa

If Federe's time is up, as some biased people seem to think AND after his spectacular performances in the 1/4s and semis, does that mean that every other player on the planet should give up because they can't match up to Nadal, so they shouldn't play any more?
I've never heard anything so ridiculous. Roger has got the the semi at least of the last 18 Slams and won 13 of them. The couple that he went out in the semis, he lost to the eventual winner. Rafa is a great athlete but has never got to the USO final or the final of the Master Cup at the end of the Year. He is a worthy no 1, but until he can do at least those 2, he will not have reached the same level as Federer.
BTW, I am female and I've said for years that the girls shouldn't get the same prize money as the men. Just take the last 3 rounds of the ladies event & the last 3 rounds of the mens & see who really did earn their prize mney.

If Federe's time is up, as some biased people seem to think AND after his spectacular performances in the 1/4s and semis, does that mean that every other player on the planet should give up because they can't match up to Nadal, so they shouldn't play any more?
I've never heard anything so ridiculous. Roger has got the the semi at least of the last 18 Slams and won 13 of them. The couple that he went out in the semis, he lost to the eventual winner. Rafa is a great athlete but has never got to the USO final or the final of the Master Cup at the end of the Year. He is a worthy no 1, but until he can do at least those 2, he will not have reached the same level as Federer.
BTW, I am female and I've said for years that the girls shouldn't get the same prize money as the men. Just take the last 3 rounds of the ladies event & the last 3 rounds of the mens & see who really did earn their prize mney.

this is the victory of SPIN and TOPSPIN against muthafuckin' boring straight forehands and backhands, this is a mutherfuckin' good answer to people who think they play good tennis and talking again and again, havin' a @#$%' big mouth!!!

It was a good match, not great, and Nadal deserved it.

Well Nadal is the best with less rest and such a long game he played before Federer should of won having 2 days rest so super fit and full of energy but it didn't happen. If Nadal had the same rest period then it would of been easier for Nadal and he would of won the game quicker. So Federer was lucky .

I bet even Vedasco can beat Mr Boring..!

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Nadal is simply superb..! Thats why he's the #1.
Mr Boring run out of ideas despite getting extra rest n turn out to be Mr. Emo.. cry baby cry..!