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Australian Open Finals: Roger Federer Beats Fernando Gonzalez for 10th Grand Slam Title
Roger Federer was able to overcome an inspired Fernando Gonzalez to win the Australian Open finals 7-6, 6-4, 6-4 capturing his 10th Grand Slam title. In the end it was about who would make fewer mistakes and the advantage went to Federer. Gonzalez committed nine more unforced errors than his opponent and three times he double-faulted.
Gonzalez totaled six aces throughout the match but his service game could not match the powerful Federer. The Chilean’s first serve produced a point 69 percent of the time while on his second serve he struggled at just 43 percent.
Keeping his service game consistent, Federer delivered winners 82 percent of the time on his first serve while his second serve resulted in winners an impressive 76 percent of the time.
While many thought Federer would make short work of the Chilean, Gonzalez was determined and dragged each game and set out before finally conceding to the world’s number one player.
Federer improved his career record to 10-0 against Gonzalez but clearly this was the most difficult victory. The Swiss star was coming off a 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 dismantling of Andy Roddick and facing an opponent who had never played in a Grand Slam semifinals match much less a finals before play began at the 2007 Australian Open. It took him two hours and twenty minutes to finally shake the tenth ranked Gonzalez and capture the Australian Open Championship
The victory pushed Federer’s all time record in Grand Slam final’s events to 10-1.
