Roger Federer Not Worried By Head To Head Record With Rafa

Roger Federer has revealed that he is not concerned by his losing head to head record against rival Rafael Nadal.

The sixteen times Grand Slam champion fell to the Spaniard once again in the first of the men’s Australian Open semi-finals on Thursday - despite winning the opening set.

Federer had had an easy run into the semi-finals and was playing some great tennis so he was the favourite going into the match against Rafa - who had come through a tough four set quarter final against Tomas Berdych.

It was the twenty seventh meeting between the pair with Nadal leading the head to head record 17-9 however the last time that played Federer got the better of the Spaniard in straight sets.

But a seventeenth Grand Slam title was not to be for the world number three as he couldn’t match the power of Nadal at the end of the match.

But Federer reveals that the head to head record is not something that he worries about he is more interested in winning titles.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the match Federer said: "It is what it is, you know. At the end I care about my titles, if I'm happy or not as a person," he said after the match.

"Head-to-heads for me, I mean, are not the most important. If I beat Andre (Agassi) 10 times in a row or Lleyton (Hewitt) many times in a row, at the end of the day I don't care.

"I remember the matches on that given day, that I played well against them or not, and I don't remember the head-to-head that much."

Federer started the match like a train and it took Nadal a set to really get into the match but he soon started to fight back.

But Federer’s form dipped at the end of the second set after play was interrupted for Australia Day fireworks.

Nadal took full advantage as he took the second set to level the match - and while Federer did battle in the third the errors proved to be his undoing.

He hit sixty four unforced errors throughout the match and lost 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4. Nadal will now face Novak Djokovic as he saw off Andy Murray in a five set thriller.

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