Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 9:56 am , filed under Tennis News by Kevin Jones
The 16-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer has been thrashed out of the 2012 Australian Open semi finals against his old rival Rafael Nadal, who has reached championship final for second time in career.
The former World No. 1 Roger Federer said it’s really hard to lose Australian Open semi final against Rafael Nadal at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday night, where he has fall in four sets with a 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 score line. Federer, who has not won a single Grand Slam crown, since winning his last major at 2010 Australian Open beating World No. 4 Andy Murray in final in three sets with a 6–3, 6–4, 7–6(13–11).
The 30-year-old Federer was in-form player to end the 2011 season and won three consecutive ATP Tour titles at Basel, Paris and ATP World Tour Finals. Swiss Maestro, who has reached 2011 French Open final at Roland Garros, but failed to prove himself as a winner against king of clay Rafael Nadal. However, it’s very tough to win a Grand Slam championship at the age of 30, where he will get another chance to win a Grand Slam at Wimbledon in All England Club, which will begin from 27th June in London.
The World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will take on Britain top seed Andy Murray in the 2012 Australian Open semi final on Friday 27th January at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park.
Tags: 2012 Australian Open, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer