You risk appearing repetitive when commenting on the results of an absolute champion of the caliber of Roger Federer. There are no more superlatives that have not already been used to describe the Swiss tennis player who won the Australian Grand Slam for the sixth time on the Melbourne hard court, equaling Serbian Novak Djokovic and Australian Roy Emerson in the number of successes of this prestigious trophy. , almost absolute master of the scene in the sixties when, however, the Slams were open only to amateur players, just before the advent of the Open Era which also allowed professionals to participate in this type of tournament.
So we are talking about the 20th Grand Slam of Her Majesty Roger Federer's career, four more than the current leader of the ranking atp Rafael Nadal, who has managed to win 16 of Slam so far.
It was a real match against the Croatian Cilic who, thanks to the brilliant Australian Open leading up to the final, won the third place in the ATP ranking behind the sacred monsters Nadal and Federer who remain respectively at the first and
second place but with a margin of points to divide them very small (less than 200 points).
It takes five sets to the Swiss tennis player to get the better of a stubborn Cilic who manages to snatch Federer the first and only two sets left to an opponent throughout the tournament.
Vince Federer then and he does it at the end of a real battle of nerves ended in just over three hours of play
with the score of 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Only a year ago the Swiss showed up after a seven-month stop due to a knee operation at the Austalian Open from n. 17 of the atp. That tournament Federer was able to win it equaling the record of Rosewall, which in 1972, 37 years, established itself as the only tennis player over 35 to have won a Slam. In the last year Roger Federer, as usual, that record pulverizes him. Wins first Wimbledon 2017 and then again the recently concluded Australian Open.
“This is the conclusion of a fairy tale, a dream come true”, these are the first words of Federer visibly moved immediately after receiving the cup of his sixth title in Melbourne. "I continue to have fun, here in Australia, it's a beautiful journey" then turning to the audience, his voice trembling with the emotion he can't control, he adds: "Thanks to all of you I still train, I'm tense, I smile and play ".
Following the endless palmares of Roger Federer.
- AUSTRALIAN OPEN: 6 (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018);
- ROLAND GARROS: 1 (2009);
- WIMBLEDON: 8 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2O12, 2017);
- US OPEN: 5 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
- ATP FINALS: 6 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)
- OLYMPICS: silver in London 2012.
