French Open Final: Roger Federer Cries Again - But This Time Tears Of Joy

I was watching the final of French Open between Federer and Soderling. As soon as the match ended i decided that i should devote one post to this momentous occasion.

Roger Federer conquered the territory of which he was never considered a master. He had lost one semi final and three finals to Rafael Nadal for past 4 years but this year it all seemed like destiny.

Nadal was knocked out of the tournament in the fourth round which made it relatively easy for Federer. Now his critics would say that if Nadal would have been on the other side in the finals it would have been an entirely different matter, but sports doesn't works on "ifs" and "buts". What matters is that Roger Federer has finally completed a career slam (only the sixth person to do so) by winning all the four grand slams. And to cap it all Andre Agassi was the person who presented him the trophy, Agassi was the last person to complete a career slam in 1999 by winning the French Open. Today 10 years later Roger Federer completed a career slam by winning the French Open. It felt great to see the trophy presented to Federer by Agassi.

Another record which Federer reached was that he equaled Peter Sampras tally of 14 Grand Slam wins. It would be so very fitting if Federer breaks Sampras's record on his favorite surface...grass. John McEnroe in post match interview said Roger Federer is the greatest player ever to play the game. To this i fully agree, the only blip there now left to clear is his record against Nadal, if he can win some more matches in future against him even that would be cleaned. If he doesn't, it wouldn't even matter because you cannot judge a player by comparing his record against only one player. Overall Federer is the greatest player ever to play the game.

Few months back when i saw Roger Federer crying after losing Australian Open final my heart went out for him. I felt extremely bad after seeing tears in his eyes. Today a few months later there were tears in Federer's eyes again, but this time they were tears of joy and i felt extremely happy for the man who deserves all the accolades that are showered upon him. He has still a few years left before he retires, till then lets hope he can increase his grand slams tally all the more. Best of luck to Roger for his future. And Congratulations!!! Enjoy the moment. He deserves it.