Uhh.. I missed it!!!

And he said it again.. Very subtle this time "another nail biting finish" thats what he said at the start of the fifth set... and that too exactly when i had was forced to leave the luxury of my home and the pleasure of the watching the final set of the Australian Open final, to meet another appointment.

The score line tells me i dint miss much of the game. What i am more interested in was to Federer's reaction to the loss. I guess all the hype about him equalling Sampras did jinx the finals for him.

The four sets which i did watch were intense and spell binding; both players displaying their skill and talent to its zenith. Nadal showed no signs of tiredness inspite of that epic semi final(there is someone, actually two of them out there who claim they are sure that banana has drugs.. Phew). There were some really cheeky points, between long rallies, quite a few extending to 20 shots.

By the way did i miss saying that Star Sports put a commercial just when Nadal was changing his shirt?, talk about wrong timing.

Never measure your victory by somebody Elise's loss: thats how a famous proverb goes. it doesnot matter that Federer lost, its that Nadal won, his first Slam on hard court.

And what i claim i missed, was not seeing Federer in tears(and the someone does not like men crying too, its all about the male ego you know). In this case though i think there would have been more hurt than ego. My sympathies to Federer. I read what i missed and I agree. "you are one of the best in history” thats what Nadal said that the presentation. So i'll wait and see what comes up on youtube and on Nadal's blog. For now it is "Yipee rafa won" :)