Roger Federer wins his 16th slam in Australia

Wow, Murray, just got steam rolled by the Fed Express. With the exception of the third set, he never really saw the upside of the match. Fed's, level of play was just insane, every bit as good as the finals last year against Nadal and when he's playing at this level it's nearly impossible to beat him.

With that said though, I did not like the way Andy Murray played against him. He wasn't aggressive and he didn't try to put the pressure on Roger, instead he tried to out-rally him and this is not the way Murray should play Roger. Unlike Nadal, Murray doesn't give him high kicking balls to his backhand. His ground strokes are relatively flat, they don't always penetrate through the court and this is just what Federer enjoys. It didn't seem like Murray, went out there with a game plan and he paid dearly for it. If Murray, does reach another grand slam final, then he absolutely most play more aggressively. He can't afford to be tenative and use his traditional style of defensive tennis. Murray's, got a huge backhand and a great serve but he didn't use them today. Hopefully next time he'll go out there, play with some confidence and make Roger, eat the ball every point. Because that's the only way he's going to win a slam against him.

As for Roger, I think he will win many more grand slams, possibly even into his 30s. He hasn't lost any of his peak ability and I'm starting to think he's got another chance at the calendar year grand slam. It seems surprising me that his best chance for winning the grand slam might be this year rather than in 2006 or 07 when he was younger, didn't have kids, and played much better tennis during the smaller tournaments. Right now he holds 3 of the 4 major titles. Again, the French, is going to be the hard one for him to win and the only way I see him winning it is if Nadal is injured. Roger's played Nadal 4 times at the French and he's never beaten him. There's just no question Rafa Nadal, is better than him on clay and with all these past defeats still luming in his head he's not going to turn that head to head around any time soon. Should Federer, find a way to win the French then he's got an incredibly good shot at the calendar year grand slam, I don't know if he'll be able to do it but I'd love to see it happen.