Rafael Rafa Nadal Beats Roger Federer To Wins The 2009 Australian Open Championship

Rafael Nadal Defeats Roger Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2 MELBOURNE, Australia -- Rafael Nadal thwarted tennis history on Sunday while opening a new chapter of his own. Nadal won his sixth Grand Slam tournament and first in Melbourne, keeping Roger Federer from claiming a record-tying 14th major with a five-set triumph at Rod Laver Arena. Nadal beat Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 in a nearly four-and-a-half hour match lasting well past midnight locally into a simmering Monday morning ...

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YouTube | February 1, 2009

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