Rod Laver Arena - A Truly memorable day

The factual report that I chose is a special performance and it’s the Tennis Grand Slam Australian open 2014 in Rod Laver Arena.

It was the 26th of Jan 2014 and it was Australian republic day and more importantly it was the Men’s final of the Grand slam of Asia Pacific “The Australian Open”. My friends and I took a ground pass into Rod laver for both men’s final. Stan Wawrinka from Switzerland won his maiden finals in a Grand slam. It wasn’t easy route to the finals for him. He defeated Djokovic in the Quarterfinals in an epic 5 set match lasting for 3 hrs. The other guy who bagged a place in the finals is Rafael Nadal after beating Rodger Federer in the Semi-finals. Considering the epic rivalry between the both, it was not as enticing as expected. Federer was way under expectation. But in the final it’s a whole new story. The first set was a tough fight but Stan’s backhand was significantly precise which stood as a clear win over Rafa. In Jim Courier’s opinion he reckons Stan’s backhand is the best he has ever seen in his career. And unfortunately at the end of second set Rafa was injured badly in the back and had to fight hard to succumb the pain. He took a time out to pop in some pills and he called for a physio too. It was a little amateur at that time that Stan had a discussion with the chair umpire asking about Rafa’s situation. The commentators even went out to say “Melodrama”. After that the medicines must have kicked in and Rafa won the third set. But at the end it was clear that Rafa was not Rafa and he gave a decent fight and not letting go till the end. Stan won his first Grand slam title ever in his ten year career.