In the decisive battle Spaniard, the first racquet of peace, principled opposition to beat Swiss Roger Federer, was sown by the second number in Australia. Fight, which lasted 4 hours and 22 minutes, ended with the score 7:5, 3:6, 7:6 (7:3), 3:6, 6:2 in favor of Nadal.
As expected, the meeting turned out to be an exciting and extremely tense. Nadal victory in the first and third given a little harder than Federer, but crucially of the Spaniard put in motion all of the remaining reserves and deservedly won.
Curiously, on the total number of won balls Nadal Federer yielded one point: 173:174. He also gave way to the Swiss won in the balls (50:71), but allow fewer errors (41:64).
Account of personal meetings after the finals was the 13:6 in favor of the Spaniards. Federer last outplay Nadal at the end of 2007 at the final tournament in Shanghai. After that he lost five matches in succession, all of which were final.
This is the first defeat of Federer in the final championship of Australia. Prior to that, he played three matches in the Main (2004, 2006 and 2007) and in all cases to win.
For Nadal it was the first trophy at Melbourne Park, while he played here five times. In total he has six titles in tournaments Greater helmet. Apart from the Australian Open, he won four times "Roland Garros" and one SS Wimbledon.
Regarding Federer, then it has not been able to reach the legendary Pita Sampras on the number of victories in tournaments Greater helmet. The American won 14 of them, while Federer is 13.
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