Stanislas Wawrinka won his first Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 set on Sunday in the
Australian Open final. The 28 year old Swiss won his maiden Australian Open on Sunday. "It's really not the way you want to win a tennis match, but in a Grand Slam final I'll take it," Wawrinka said.
Rafael Nadal appeared to be on the verge of retiring in the second set, when he
hurt his back and needed a medical timeout, but he refused to quit.
"Rafa, I'm really sorry for you, I hope your back is going to be fine,
you're a really great guy, good friend and really amazing champion,"
Wawrinka said as he accepted his first major trophy. "Last year I had a
crazy match, I lost it. I was crying a lot after the match. But in one
year a lot happened -- I still don't know if I'm dreaming or not but
we'll see tomorrow morning."
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"I need to say many thanks to Stan, you really deserve it," Nadal said. "Luck was against me today but you really deserve it."
"Last thing that I wanted to do was retire. I hate to do that, especially in a final. Same time, is tough to see yourself during the whole year you are working for a moment like this, and arrives the moment and you feel that you are not able to play at your best. "
"It has been a very emotional two weeks -- I'm sorry to finish this way," he told the Rod Laver Arena crowd. "I tried very, very hard -- this year was one of the more emotional tournaments in my career."
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Just before Nadal served in the sixth game of the fourth set, a chant
erupted in the arena, "Ra-Fa, Ra-Fa," lasting until he served the first
ball.
But after an exchange of breaks later in the sets, Wawrinka composed himself to serve it out in 2 hours, 21 minutes.
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