It was close. It was at times riveting. But the end was never truly in doubt.
And now it appears that the great Roger Federer may never unlock the key to his mystery – his absolute kryptonite - that is Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard outlasted Federer, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4, yet again in a Grand Slam event Friday. It’s been nearly five years – at the 2007 Wimbledon – when Federer last defeated Nadal in a Slam.
And the way in which the downcast Federer exited the court in the late of an unusually cool Melbourne night one has a sense that manifest futility may be taking hold in the legendary Federer’s psyche.
For the equally legendary Nadal, he’s in another Slam final, making it seven of the last eight that he’ll be competing for the title.
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