Roger Federer Wins 18th Major in Epic Aussie Open Final

In case you slept through it, Roger Federer outlasted Raffy Nadal in an instant classic five set match to win the Australian Open. Just an incredible match between the two greatest players in the history of the game.

Federer hadn’t won a major since 2012 and hadn’t played in a tennis tournament in six months. He now stands alone among all the tennis greats with eighteen major wins. Nadal has fourteen.

Amidst all the ugliness which is going on in our country currently, I found Federer’s acceptance speech to be uplifting, graceful, and eloquent. And even though Nadal is my favorite tennis player because of his grinding never say never style, I wanted to share Federer’s speech on my blog because in essence it’s what competition should be about at the end of the day.

Federer hadn’t beaten Nadal in a while in a major. However, he didn’t move on to become a member of the Golden State Warriors to remedy this shortcoming, can’t do that in singles tennis. It’s just you and what’s inside your heart. Rather, at the age of thirty-five, he trained his ass off for six months and came back and beat Nadal after trailing 2-0 in the fifth set.

Congrats, Roger Federer. Job well done.

It just got removed by the user, but here’s the link if you can find it later somewhere. It’s beautiful because if I heard it right… Federer is gently saying goodbye because he might want to exit playing the best fifth set of his career.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma_yELYzQA4

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