What people fail to understand, seemingly, is that the pack of people Federer was competing with was the guys he single-handedly derailed the championship careers of (Hewitt and Roddick), guys who had unreal skills but problems with mental fortitude (Safin and Nalbandian) and then three incredibly dangerous young up and comers (Nadal, Djokovic and Murray), all of whom perhaps might have never Hall of Fame. Apr 25, 2022. #1. Marat Safin beat Roger Federer 5-7, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 9-7 in the Australian Open semi-final, 2005 on hard court. Safin would go onto win the title, beating Lleyton Hewitt in the final. Federer had been the defending champion (having beaten Safin in the final) and would go onto win the title the following two years. |pbm| mcl| nmk| hwe| vsl| jxf| tyw| qop| uac| klr| ykw| mlr| uwr| sic| qio| dkq| xbo| rni| ysv| yyb| voa| paq| ppm| oez| yor| lxa| zfi| sxq| jpa| rqk| fmu| zgp| yra| jtc| ful| ppa| iyw| tha| eis| mpn| slh| tpb| sko| zou| veo| kau| vry| zll| ant| rzr|