Omg... What-a-match!!!!

Its not very often that my little bro says he has only 10 finger nails to bite off!!! if federer vs tipsarevic last year was a highlight at the Australian Open last year and the Wimbledon final between nadal and federer breathtaking.. the all Spanish semi today was heartstopingly fantabulous.

Rafael Nadal vs Fernando Verdasco at the Australian Open Semi Final 2009 created history. the longest ever in Australian Open History.

God i think dint want me miss the second half of the action and sent a blessing cancelling my evening class.

i may not be a pro at tennis, nor is it my area of expertise.. but the match i saw today was by far one of the best i've ever seen.

Five hours and 14 minutes of intensely fierce is no mean joke. 95 winners from Verdasco (totally disappointing many about not making it a three digit figure) dint wilt away Nadal. The point Nadal won in the fourth set to win his fourth game made the entire arena stand up and applaud. Nadal tired Verdasco making him run around the court and the effort was taking its toll on the 25 yr old Spaniard. But all those signs vanished in the tie break; taking it 7-1 he leveled the match to 2 sets a piece.

And in the fifth set altleast i din't want to place my money on whose serve would be broken first. but Nadal definitely had the added advantage of serving first in the decider. verdasco saw off two match points courageously, but to Nadal's relief instead of the timely ace (like many other occasions during the match) came a double fault.

Quite an anti climax ending to what had been one of the most dramatic matches of the era. A true epic.

Unfortunately there had to be a loser. Fortunately for me it was Verdasco

I do hope the final is not a dampener. With a fresh Federer crushing a tired Nadal (i'm saying that inspite of Nadal having a better head to head record in Grand Slam Finals)

So Nadal go for it.. Don't give up easily. Your trademark persistence will pay-off (like he is gonna read this)!!!