The last time Roger Federer cried in public was when he won the Australian Open in 2004 to be world no.1. This time in 2009 he cried again, this time for another reason, it was hard not to cry with him. The sight of Roger Federer’s lower lip trembling would have been enough to start most soft-hearted observers off, but by the time his tears started flowing, a far proportion of the 15,000 at Rod Laver Arena and the millions watching around the world were probably reaching for the tissues too. If that had not done the trick, then the sight of Rafael Nadal, his conqueror, putting his arm around him in friendly consolation, would have set off a worldwide outbreak of sniffles. Australia, perhaps more than any other nation on earth, values mateship, and you will not better embodiment of that than the sight of one great champion comforting another.

He had played, at times, every bit as well as a 13-time Grand Slam champion might expect to. In the fourth set in particular, his tennis was sublime, but by the time the contest moved into its fifth set and its fifth hour, Federer’s brain appeared to have been fried by the mental pressure Nadal had been exerting on him since the very first ball. “I mean, this is, sure, one of the matches in my career where I feel like I could have or should have won,” said Federer, who repeatedly had break points snatched away from him by Nadal’s remarkable ability to find a first serve or a rasping forehand winner when threatened.

“You can't go through your whole life as a tennis player taking every victory that's out there. You've got to live with those, you know. But they hurt even more so if you're that close, like at Wimbledon or like here at the Australian Open. So that's what's tough about it.”

He did not seem to regret the tears afterwards. Federer is a thoroughly modern man and so would probably not normally be concerned about a public display of emotion, but even he might have preferred it if this one had not been quite as public as it was. “In the first moment you're disappointed, you're shocked, you're sad, you know, then all of a sudden it overwhelms you,” he explained afterwards. “The problem is you can't go in the locker room and just take it easy and take a cold shower. You can't. You know, you're stuck out there. It's the worst feeling. It’s rough.”

If you had follow Federer's life and watched him winning grand slams, you will truly know how difficult he felt after losing in that Final, especially losing to the same person for the past 3 meetings between them and he still couldn't crack the nadal-code. He was playing the best tennis that week en route to the final and you had to feel for him. Federer had 13 Grand Slams and was aiming for no.14, the all time record. But the he had to face the world's best player (at the moment) in order to do that, he had lost, and had to delay his quest. All in all, Federer had played the greatest tennis at the starting of the season and that proves he will play better in more tournaments to come.
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Don't cry
Nadal comforting the great Champ.Still feeling sad :'(

Go Federer, you will always be my inspiration!
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