Sunday, June 07, 2009

Federer Win at French Open (in Numbers)

One is the number of French Open Titles Roger Federer Won in completing the career Grandslam.

Two seed won the French Open for the last five years. May be Federer needed to drop down to Number two seed to win the French Open.

Three is the number of top seeds that lost before reaching the semifinals (1 Nadal, 3 Murray ,4 Djokovic). Not to take one bit away anything from his victory but he got every conceivable break he needed especially considering how consistent the top four guys played this year.

Four is the number of French open finals Federer played to win the title finally.

Five is the number of points away from losing to Tommy Haas in the Fourth round. In fact down two sets and facing a break point, I think the shot of his career and legacy was a classic inside out forehand which just brushed the inside side line. Yes, it is his favourite forehand.

Six is the number of players who completed career Grandslam in the tennis History. Federer is the sixth member of the exclusive club.

P.S. I came up with up to six so far :). I will add more once I can think of anything.

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