Fed up that history made with me in bedGetty Images A delighted Roger Federer receives the Australian Open trophy from Australian tennis legend Rod Laver, while a pensive Rafael Nadal looks on. Going to bed when I had, just after 11pm, had been the sensible thing to do and I'd be the better for it, I tried to convince myself. Should I have sacrificed hours of sleep to witness history, instead of succumbing to the beckoning of a comfortable bed early in the third set, when Federer had just broken the Spaniard's serve to lead 2-0? It might be as good as it got, though, and if I stayed up, I might head to bed disappointed, and take ages to find sleep. Not only that, but in the first game of the third set he'd saved three consecutive break points with aces to Nadal's forehand side.

Source: Stuff February 03, 2017 04:02 UTC