Yay, Rafa won yesterday's Australian Open finals against Roger Federer! I'm one of those people who shout at the tv to cheer on the athletes, and yesterday was one of my loudest days, maybe because I know how much harder it has to be for Rafa. I mean, he's only had 1 day's rest while Roger got two and his last match was five hours and fourteen minutes long (even yesterday's one was only four hours plus). So imagine how much more tired he must be compared to Federer. Plus Nadal's been known to be better at softer sufaces like clay and grass, and yesteday's match was on a hard surface. So yay for Nadal!

A pumped-up Rafa after winning a point.

Poor Roger cannot control his emotions after being denied a 14th Grand Slam title by Rafa.

Roger was a good sport, though, even though he has all the reason in the world to hate Rafa for standing in his way. He couldn't deliver his speech at first because of his tears ("God, it's killing me"), but came back a little later to congratulate Rafa on his win. Aww... Roger's one of the greatest and nicest stars, it's hard not to feel for him.

Rafa consoling Roger on his loss (and Rafa's win).

Rafa's a good sport too, and the first words he said into the microphone was to say "Sorry for today" to Roger and that Roger will go on to surpass Pete Sampras' record 14 Grand Slam titles. And he seemed really genuine.

Isn't it amazing? Rafa's world number one at the tender age of 22, while Roger's at his prime at 27 years old. Imagine being that age (which isn't that far away) and having achieved that much. It's simply mindboggling. Sometimes I wonder if such people are even real at all, and whether all this could be an elaborate hoax by the media (because that's the only way we know of such things). Sometimes I even wonder if there's really a world beyond Singapore! Haha, how "Truman Show"-esque of my thoughts.

I've got work to do now...
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