Roger Federer says his performance in the 2010 Australian Open men’s singles final against Andy Murray was one of the finest of his career.
The morning after his fourth triumph at Melbourne Park, Federer said he was pleased with his ability to play at such a high level for the whole tournament.
“I thought it was some of my best tennis, it’s always hard to judge if was it your finest performance [because] it also depends who you play,” he told the media after a photo shoot on the banks of Melbourne’s Yarra River with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup on Monday.
“I thought yesterday was a very tactical match, always against [Andy] Murray it’s very interesting because I think he neutralises his opponents so for me to be able to play aggressive, controlled aggression really, I thought I did a great job.”
It was Federer’s first Grand Slam victory since becoming a father in July last year and after celebrating with family and friends last night, he spent the morning showing off his silverware to twin daughters Myla and Charlene.
“I woke up and I couldn’t sleep anymore so I went for a cuddle with them, they came to bed and it was beautiful,” he said.
“Then I went back to sleep for another hour but it was nice seeing them in the morning, I actually saw one of them late last night because she woke up. It’s nice after such a win even though they have no clue what just happened, you try to still celebrate a little bit with them.”
The 16-time Grand Slam champion again refused to put a figure on how many majors he could end up with at the end of his career preferring instead to focus on his latest achievement.
“It’s always the ultimate achievement for a player to win matches and win tournaments so for me it’s the same thing and it’s very rewarding,” he said.
“As we could see yesterday again I played fantastic and I had a lot of fun, also celebrating later on with the team and of course I’m delighted to have started the year again so well.’
