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Tags: australian open 2009, rafael nadal, roger federer, Sports, tennis, tennis finals

Rafael Nadal produced a display of incredible defiance to beat Roger Federer 7-5 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-2 and win his first Australian Open title.

The Spaniard, 22, recovered from his marathon semi-final to ruin Federer’s attempt to equal Pete Sampras’s record of 14 Grand Slam titles.

Nadal saved 13 of 19 break points as he refused to yield in a stunning match.

The world number one has now won six Grand Slam titles – including four at the French Open and one at Wimbledon.

He took his record against Federer to 13 wins in 19 matches, and five in seven Grand Slam finals between the pair, in a worthy successor to their last meeting at Wimbledon in July.

More at BBC Sports

Tags: athlete, gold medal, michael phelps, olympics, swimmer

BEIJING — Carl Lewis, the American track and field star of the 1980s and 1990s, said, “The reality is, congratulations.”
Michael Phelps won his sixth gold medal of the Beijing Games on Friday, tying his Athens mark and closing in on Mark Spitz’s record. Phelps blew away the 200m IM field and set a world record.

Soviet-era gymnast Larisa Latynina, in a note, wrote to say, “You have shattered all sort of records with truly inspiring Olympic character.”

And Mark Spitz, the American swimmer whose 1972 mark of seven gold medals in one Olympics Michael Phelps broke with his eighth on Sunday, said, “When I look at Michael and I think of the lore of what he has done over the last four years — it’s more remarkable than myself.”

Complete article at nbcolympics.com