Shocker at the Australian Open yesterday! And no we're not talking about #1 Caroline Wozniacki's tale of attack kangaroos or Kim Clijsters' public smack-down of Todd Woodbridge for twittering that Clijsters looked pregnant. No the shock of the tournament was that Rafael Nadal went out in the quarterfinals in straight sets to fellow Spaniard, David Ferrer. Nadal was going for his fourth Grand Slam tournament win a row, having won the 2010 French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open. No man has won four Grand Slams in a row since Rod Laver last did it in 1969..
We're disappointed for Rafa, but we're more disappointed for ourselves, and the rest of the sports world who were practically salivating for a Nadal-Federer final. Now the door is wide open for Roger Federer to take his 17th Grand Slam championship overall, which would put him three ahead of the previous record-holder, Pete Sampras, who ended his career with 14.
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.Interestingly enough, almost no one doubts that the Rafael Nadal-Roger Federer rivalry is one of the greatest of all time in sports, yet they've only played each other 22 times. This pales in comparison to the other great tennis rivalry of Chris Evert-Martina Navratilova who played each other 80 times.
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