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Hail King Federer

AFP, Melbourne
The tennis world was acclaiming Roger Federer's further confirmation as the game's leading player after his straight sets execution of Marat Safin in the Australian Open final.
Federer capped a momentous fortnight when he put the unseeded Russian, the 2000 US Open champion, to the sword 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 in 2hr 15min Sunday.
Safin had conquered former world number one Andy Roddick and four-time champion Andre Agassi on the way to the final, but he could not match the virtuosity of the 22-year-old Swiss ace.
Such is the grace and technical brilliance of Federer that he has been compared with 14-time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras.
Safin was asked after the final how Federer compared with the great Sampras.
"Yeah, they have some kind of same things. I don't want to take anything away from Pete. I mean, mentally, he was the strongest player on the tour. He has the biggest serve in the world, has an unbelievable forehand and very good hands in the volley," he said.
"But sometimes, he was missing a little bit (on) the backhand. So Roger, he had everything -- and a backhand."
Federer only dropped two sets in seven matches on his way to the Australian title, prompting the question about whether he could carry off a calendar-year Grand Slam of the four majors.
"I really have no idea what it
takes, but I feel like not many guys can do it," Federer said.
"If there is anybody (who thinks that way) I would like them to step forward, say they can do it, because I think it's really difficult.
"You know, I'm the only guy who has a chance this year to do it, so that's not a bad situation. We'll see what happens after the French Open."
Only two men, American Don Budge and Australian Rod Laver, have completed Grand Slam sweeps.
Federer, without a coach since late last year, was the class act of the fortnight, disposing of bogeymen Lleyton Hewitt, David Nalbandian and Juan Carlos Ferrero, before reducing Safin to a head-shaking, desolated figure as his power serve deserted him.
Asked if he had the most complete game, Federer, the first Swiss man to win the Australian Open, said: "I'm maybe the most natural ball-striker, but just for me, my game feels natural.
"I feel like I'm living the game when I'm out there. I feel when a guy is going to hit the ball, I know exactly with the angles and spins, I just feel that I've got that figured out. And that is just a huge advantage."
Federer has won Wimbledon, the Tennis Masters Cup and now the Australian Open in the space of seven months as well as usurping American Andy Roddick as the new world number one.
Federer took over as world number one after crushing Spanish third seed Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets in the semifinals.
Safin, who had equalled the record for number of sets played in a single Grand Slam during his run to the final, said his exertions in earlier
rounds had taken their toll.
"I was a little bit too tired to keep up with him. I had to be there from the beginning to the end," Safin said.
"But after I lost the first set it was difficult because he became more confident and it was difficult to keep up with him."
But Safin left the tournament with the big scalps of former world number one Andy Roddick and four-time champion Andre Agassi in the semifinal.
In the match of the tournament, Safin scaled the heights to end Agassi's unconquered 26-match reign at the Australian Open with a classic five-set semifinal victory.
Safin won the opening two sets in tiebreakers of unbearable tension and then weathered a determined Agassi rally to come back and win an epic match, 7-6, 7-6, 5-7, 1-6, 6-3 in 3hr 42min.
Safin's tour de force win ended 33-year-old Agassi's quest for five Australian Open titles and was the American's first loss here since going down to compatriot Vince Spadea in the round of 16 in the 1999 Slam.
He also downed Roddick with a masterful all-round display in a pulsating five-set quarterfinal, but those Herculean efforts cost him in the end.
Australian hopes fizzled on the national day holiday when Moroccan Hicham Arazi humiliated Mark Philippoussis in straight sets and later in the night match Federer doused the competitive fire of Lleyton Hewitt with a spectacular four-set performance.