Australian Open: Roger Federer is a perfect 10!
My friend Henry predicted this result. Roger Federer captured his 10th Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set, finishing a dominating run through the Australian Open by beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4 in Sunday's final. Before the tournament began. I thought American Andy Roddick had the edge since he seemed hungry and maybe Federer was due to lose.
WRONG!
Federer improved his winning streak to a career-best 36 matches, became the first man in the Open era to twice win three straight majors and has won six of the last seven Grand Slam titles -- his only loss was in the French Open final to Rafael Nadal. It also was the first time that a champion went through a major without dropping a set since the 1980 French Open, when Bjorn Borg did it. The 25-year-old Federer now is within four of Pete Sampras' record 14 Grand Slam titles.
Congratulations to Roger Federer!!!
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