Federer looses to Nadal

• Posted by T Ghosh January 27, 2014 - Filed in Sports - #  #lawn tennis  #roger federer  #nadal  - 1,111 views

  Federer lost to  Rafael Nadal on Friday evening  which did not just rob him of a great chance of winning his 18th Grand Slam title. And it did not just end his 13-year reign as Switzerland's number one Ranker in Lawn Tennis .

  It was an honest assessment of a straight-sets 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-3 mauling by Nadal which stretched their career head-to-head to 23-10 and gave their highly anticipated semifinal an anti-climactic feel.

  Worse, it left Nadal on the verge of his 14th major win, and gunning for both Federer's Grand Slam titles record and the unofficial mantle of greatest of all time.

  Afterwards, the Swiss star was slow to arrive at his post-match press conference, and when he did, he cut a despondent figure.

  The old master, at 32, was back to his brilliant best in taking apart Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Murray, coming repeatedly to the net in shades of six-time major-winner Edberg.

  But hopes of ending his seven-year Grand Slam drought against Nadal, 27, soon looked optimistic and as the night wore on, the Spaniard was beating him in all departments.