Is Roger Federer an Immortal? Will He Ever Lose a Grand Slam Again?

It is time for someone to give Roger Federer a blood test to see which Greek God is his father? Federer virtually dominated the field in the Australian Open this year for his 16^th Grand Slam. He beat Andy Murray in three sets this year - 6-3, 6-4, 7-6. Three straight sets. This was too easy for Federer - he at least lost one set each to Igor Andreev (1^st round) and Nikolay Davydenko (6)(quarter finals) .

Andy Murray(5) had just beaten Rafael Nadal in three sets. Murray had Nadal (2) in the quarter finals running back and forth across the court in their sets, before Nadal retired in the third set. I thought when I watched them play that this was exactly how Federer has dominated tennis for years.

I thought maybe Murray was ready to take his place in tennis history. Maybe Murray was ready to take the trophy from Federer. Maybe Murray was ready to win a Grand Slam. The Australian Open was always a nice place to start, why not he is 22 years old, and it was time for the Old Guard to fall. He had shown signs of dominating his opposition. In his five sets he had only lost one game to Marin Cilic (14). He had dominated the opposition. This was going to be Murray's moment of glory.

While it was not to be, Roger Federer put a royal damper on Andy Murray's hopes of wrestling one of tennis' prized Grand Slam's for himself. He dominated Andy Murray in the first two sets, and toyed with him in the third.

I think that tennis is so much more competitive nowadays. Players for the most part are in better physical condition. Their technique is much better; their strategy is better, etc. Many of them can serve over 130 mph and place the ball where they want it. Their backhands are much better then they were decades ago. They can use the backhand equally as well as the forehand.

Yet how can Federer completely dominate an impressive field of tennis players such as he has. He has won 16 Grand Slams. The only player that has ever had his number was Rafael Nadal, but he lost to Andy Murray in the quarter finals. I am starting to wonder if he has the blood of an immortal in him. Will he dominate tennis not for decades but for centuries? I shutter at the thought. Andy Murray summed it all up in his post-game speech when he said, "I can cry like Roger Federer, but I can not play like him.", in reference to Roger Federer's loss to Rafael Nadal in the 2009 Australian Open.