Vamos Rafa!!

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I do hope all you tennis fans around the world enjoyed the Australian Open 2009 men's final, as much as I did!

The galactic final between world #1 Spaniard and 5-time Grand Slam winner, Rafael Nadal and world #2 and 13-time Grand Slam winner, Swiss maestro, Roger Federer, promised to be an epic and I'm soooo glad it lived up to that billing!

All eyes were on Nadal's fitness, especially after his record 5-hour 14 minute marathon with fellow Spaniard, Fernando Verdasco (which I was also lucky enough to watch) and more so when Nadal needed the fitness trainer to give him a massage in the 3rd set for a suspected Hamstring problem.

Fed-Ex on the other hand, was aiming to equal the great Pete Sampras's record of 14 Slams - under the watchful eyes of his idol, Rod Laver, who was in the audience to support him.

That fairy-tale was not to be though, as Rafa completed yet another 5-set victory over Roger, 7-5 3-6 7-6 3-6 6-2, in under 5 hours, to claim his 6th Grand Slam.

Having won Slams on clay, grass and now hard-courts, at the tender age of only 22, I genuinely feel that Rafael Nadal has what it takes to achieve what the great Rod Laver and Andre Agassi achieved - Grand Slam wins on ALL surfaces!

VAMOS RAFA!!!


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