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Roger Federer wins Australian Open for 20th career Grand Slam title

• http://www.espn.com, Associated Press

Federer has won more major tennis titles than any man, including a record-equaling six on the court that bears the great Rod Laver's name at Melbourne Park.

This one, following a tension-filled, momentum-swinging 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over Marin Cilic in Sunday's Australian Open final, was a keeper.

Laver has been involved in the on-court presentations in the past, witnessing Federer's tears at close range. This time, Laver -- the only man to achieve the calendar Grand Slam twice -- held up his phone to get the shot from the stands.

"I didn't see that through my thick tears, that he was taking a picture of me crying," Federer said. He joked in a TV interview that "I couldn't lift my head, I was so embarrassed."

Surely, it's only an embarrassment of riches.


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