Here's the match story - LINK
Wow. Not a surprise that he lost to Djokovic, but how he lost. But Novak played the big boy points like a big boy. Congrats to him. If you've been waiting for a non-Federer, non-Nadal final, here you go. #3 in the world vs the surprising Frenchman, Tsonga. The Australian Open Final is at 2:30 am Sunday morning live and tape delayed later.
As always with the ending of a streak, I try to focus on the streak itself. Roger had gotten to 10 straight Grand Slam Finals. The previous record was like 5. That's just stupid. The last time he wasn't in a Grand Slam Final was 2005. He lost to Safin(AUS) and Nadal(French) that year and then Djokovic today. So in the last 13 Grand slams, he has won 8, lost 2 finals in Paris to one of the greatest clay-courters we've ever seen, and lost in 3 semis. Again, wow.
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