By Karl-Johan
Mattsson
The two best
tennis players of all time met each other in a great battle in the Australian
Open final. Who would have thought that?
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are both on their
comeback road after a long time of injuries and setbacks. Many sport
journalists and experts have counted them out for good. They have all said that
their tennis carriers are on the way down. Neither Federer nor Nadal had the
odds on their side. But they were strong, played very well and proved them all
wrong.
These two great tennis players haven’t competed
against each other in a Grand Slam final for many years and both of them were
looking forward to play against each other again. The final was totally open
for anyone of them to win, but the inside score between them was 23/11 to
Rafael Nadal. Last time they met in an Australian Open final was in 2009 and at
that time Nadal was the stronger player.
For the great final that took place on Sunday 29
January, Federer was the underdog and had nothing to lose but everything to
win. Nadal, on the other hand, could play freely without the audience’s
expectations, only his personal expectations and goals.
So how did it go in this great Grand Slam of 2017
“Down Under”?
Roger Federer got his revenge and won his eighteenth
men’s single Grand Slam title by defending Rafael Nadal in a five-set match. It
was his first major title since Wimbledon in 2012.
:)
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