Australian Open 2007 Finals

Fedex retained Australian Open 2007 title beating Fernando Gonzalez by 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. It was not an easy game for Roger though he won in straight sets. It was only in 1980 last that Bjon Borg won a Grand Slam title without dropping a set.

Gonzalez has a natural backhand and a cool temper like Roger. Sneither does he have the ferocious eyes of Nadal nor does he have the overconfidence of many other players and yet his play doesn’t show any mercy to the opponent.

In the last set when the score was 2-2, Federer was playing the game more like an art and soon it dawned on him that it will take more than art to tame the Chilean. Federer starting running around the court and tried to return every ball which is very unlike him and when he did so, the difference between him and Gonzalez was more than evident: Gonzalez was outwitted on many crosscourt and near the net shots.

To me it seemed that Gonzalez had the most powerful serves amongst all the top 20 in this tournament. For Federer, whenever Gonazalez was serving, the best thing might have been to at least return the ball back to the court, which always gave Gonzalez a comfortable position to score his point on the following shot while Federer was still chasing it. One of the organizers ended up saying that it took the great Roger to stop such a good player like you (read Gonzalez) in the finals.

All said Federer is Federer: the unstoppable, unbeatable and so be it…