Congratulations to left hander Rafa Nadal who won the Australian Open last week.
He met fellow Spaniard, Fernando Verdasco, in the semifinal. According to Global Village Tennis News, this was the first all-lefthanded Grand Slam semifinal since 1992 Roland Garros (Petr Korda v. Henri Leconte). The last all-lefthanded Australian Open semifinal was in 1979 (Guillermo Vilas v. Victor Amaya).
They also say that a lefthander has won the Australian Open title six times in the Open Era: Rod Laver (1969), Jimmy Connors (1974), Roscoe Tanner (1977), Guillermo Vilas (1978-79) and Petr Korda (1998).
Make that seven now that Nadal has won it.
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