Nadal captures his 6th Grad Slam title cruising Federer in the final of Australian Open
The world No. 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain has earned his 6th Grand Salm title by defeating the Swiss star, Roger Federer, world No. 2 after a tough match at the final of the Australian Open at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park last Sunday. It was a close match and Nadal managed to win the title by 3 sets to 2 and improving his all time record to 13-6 against the Federer. Once again Nadal proved his supremacy over Federer by showing remarkable tennis throughout the match and there were points won by Nadal which earned the Standing aviation by the spectators at the Lod Raver Arena.

Nadal won the first set by 7-5 having a service break ever at the first game of the match. Federer managed to hold the serve in the second set with an early break and finished the set with a score of 6-3. The third set was the battle of titans and both players had shown excellent professional skill to exhibit the peak of artistic tennis. The third set went to a tie-break which was then won by Nadal with 7-3 finishing the set 7-6. Fourth set the Swiss star again showed his master class by hitting wonderful forehands, drop shots and volleys to win certain baseline points. Federer broke the Nadal’s service in the fourth game of the fourth set and consequently winning the set by 6-3 pushing the match to the fifth and final set. In the final set, Nadal kept his nerves alive and managed to get the break in serve in the fourth game of the fifth set of the match. Federer tried his level best to turn up the scenario but in vain. Nadal kept on holding his serve and managed to get another service break in the eights game of the set hence finally won the final set by 6-2 and earned his 6th grand slam of the career as he is the first Spanish player to hold the Australian Open title in the history of Open Era of tennis.

During the entire match, Federer got so many break points but could not convert them in his favor. Rafael Nadal showed excellent performance throughout the match by showing some extraordinary recovered shots in many points. He even returned some of the Federer’s forehands which were almost impossible. This was the 19 clash between the arc rivals and Nadal is leading the series by 13-6. It was their 3rd grad slam meeting (previously in the final of Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2008) which was won by the Spaniard in a comprehensive manner even confessed by the Federer as he uttered in the closing ceremony, ‘The guy (Nadal) really deserved to be the winner tonight”.

Will Roger be able to defeat the Nadal ever in the future? This question is getting hot chats around the world as experts tend to believe and mark the Nadal as the rising sun of the professional tennis world. Will Federer be able to get the world no. 1 spot again after having his performance against the players like Nadal, Murray and even Giles Simon. The time will tell us what is going to be happened next. So far all hands up to the Rafael Nadal for winning his first Australian Open title/ first grad slam of the 2009 confirming his world no. 1 status impressively.