IT'S ROGER ONCE AGAIN

When Roger Federer played Rafael Nadal in last year’s Australian Open, he struggled for four hours of five sets but failed to win. Luckily, this year, it was absolutely the other way - he didn’t struggle but easily won the championships.

If Roger sobbed like a little kid a year ago, it now turned to an all-smile finals after easily beating Andy Murray in the Australian Open at Melbourne. It just turned out that he only needed two hours and 41 minutes of the first three sets to disappoint his adversary. It was very unusual for a Grand Slam tournament and very much hammering on his opponent’s part.

In an interview, Federer said that, all of a sudden it was over and it hit him (6-3, 6-4, 7-6). He even compared his match to a roller-coaster. Much that he controlled the whole game, leaving Murray choking back in tears.

“I can cry like Roger,” Murray said. “It’s just a shame I can’t play like him.”

Sad to say, Federer again shattered Andy Murray’s dream to be the first British man to win a grand slam that stretches all the way in 1936.

Winning 2010 Aussie open, was very special for Federer. It is now his 4th title in the tournament and his first as a dad. Federer became the first father to win a Grand Slam title since Andre Agassi 2003. Much more, he has achieved something which no man has accomplished since 1969.

Tracing back, Federer missed the chance to tie Pete Sampras record of 14 Grand Slam titles, after losing to Nadal. However, he didn’t wait that long. He just made history, after the winning the French Open. That time, he has completed a career by winning a major on clay to go with grass and hard-court titles.

At hand, Federer receives $1.86 million through the win, while Murray gets $927,990.

Again, congratulations Roger. He is really a great champion with talent and heart. In fact, he has achieved what everybody in the world of tennis wanted. For this, he once more confirmed that he’s the man to envy and watch out for. With 16 grand slams at hand, many players would be surely exerting most of their effort to at least tie or even surpass that record.

And let’s not talk about history, Roger’s still making it.

By: Zhella Jean A. Hulleza