History Was Made , Federer .

Roger Federer Wins at Roland Garros to Enter Pantheon of Grand Slam Great

Roger Federer breaks down emotionally
after defeating Robin Soderling
by a comprehensive 6-1 , 7-6 , 6-4 .

Roger Federer today won his first French Open title and became only the sixth man to win all four grand slams with a comprehensive 6-1, 7-6,6-4 victory over Robin Soderling .

Federer , who also equalled Pete Sampras's record of 14 grand slam titles , stormed through the first set in just 23 minutes after benefiting from his 23rd-seeded opponent's unforced errors .

The second set went to a tiebreak before Federer won 7-1 after serving four aces . And , having broken early in the third set , Federer then served out to clinch victory .


The match was briefly interrupted after a man came towards Federer with a red and blue flag during the fourth game of the second set .

The man jumped from the stand opposite from the media box and approached Federer , touching him with the flag .


Later , he leaped over the net and headed towards Soderling , but the man was tackled by Roland Garros security officers and carried away from the court . Federer lost three points in a row after the incident as Soderling levelled for 2-2 .

But Federer quickly recovered his composure to join Andre Agassi , Roy Emerson , Rod Laver , Don Budge and Fred Perry as the sixth man to complete a career Grand Slam .


During the first set which lasted for about 20 minutes plus , Federer dominated the game with his usual forehands and service which are 96% 1st serves .
The match ended in a 6-1 score .

The second set however , Soderling showed incredible power as he chased Federer to a 6-6 score , forcing them both to a tie-breaker which ended in Federer's favor . Federer's consistency and patience on the court overpowered the Swedish and took control of the match almost instantly .

The third set , was incredible .
Both men are playing classic tennis as the Swede ( Soderling ) service was better compared with the last two . However , Federer's consistency was too much as the Swede couldn't shake the Swiss off his hands . Federer was constantly playing on the baseline , with the occasional dropshots that never fails , Federer finally serves the last set of the championship , and wins . The Swiss ace brought in a total of 16 aces in this match .


The Swiss champ breaks down emotionally as the world witnessed his victory and placed Federer as the greatest tennis player in history .
With tears rolling down his cheeks , he thanked his wife ( Mirka ) , Soderling and the crowd as the national anthem of Switzerland was played .

" It was really not easy to deal with my emotions , "

said the 27-year-old Federer , who lost to world number one Rafael Nadal in the three previous finals .

" This might be the greatest victory of my career . "

Soderling had ended Nadal's four-year reign on the Paris clay in the fourth round .

" To me , Roger is the best player in history , "

the Swede said .

The Swiss Maestro : Roger Federer has taken
his majors tally to a 14 in total .


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Well , as my coach told me ,

" Mark my words , Jaden . Federer will win all 5 sets .
Soderling might win the first set , but Federer will win .
Mark my words . "

No doubt now , that Roger Federer is the best player in tennis history , that ever existed .

Now with his dreams achieved , God knows what Federer might do next . He's patience , training , consistency and adaptation to clay has brought him his long wanted victory .

Now that he's attained his immortality , nothing else matters to him .

Congratulations , Federer !

You deserved it .

Signing off ,

L♥ve ,
Jaden

11.35 pm .