Roger Federer, the world’s undisputed best tennis player, and quite possibly the greatest tennis player who ever lived, said this after his straight-sets semifinal defeat at the 2008 Australian Open, an event he’s widely expected to win:
I think he made the more important points today, it was a bit unfortunate for me. You can’t always play your best. There is no doubt I have played better before. I’ve created a monster that I need to win every tournament – still the semi-finals isn’t bad. He covered the court well. I couldn’t come up with the passing shot when I needed to. There is some sort of a disappointment. The way I tried, that’s all I could give. When you give 100 percent, you’re sort of happy with your performance. It can’t always go your way.
In the other semifinal, Rafael Nadal, the world no.2 and the undisputed best player in the world on clay, had this to say after being handed his worst ever grand slam defeat by an unseeded player:
He played unbelievable. He hit the ball hard every time, served unbelievable. I was playing fine, but he played better than me. I have to accept that.
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