There are times when you jus feel happy just to witness an historic event... The occassion is even more special when your idol is a part of that history....It was for me and for other thousands of fans around the world when Roger Federer won his 14th grand slam...And what a way to reach the mark....Winning his first French open title thus completing career slam; only 6th in the history of open era tennis to do so...

The records go on... like 15 of last 16 grand slam finals and 20 consecutive grand slams semi finals... But it is not just about the records....it is his love for the game more than anything....and the humility that accompanies it....the way he gracefully executes his game...vehement blows with a touch of tenderness.... The way he fought in every round of the French Open...he is like a great motivation to looot of people including me...It is just a privilege to be witnessing the great player arguably the "greatest" player in action...

David Foster Wallace reflected the above and more in his excellent tribute to Federer, "Federer As Religious Experience" with an insight into the future of tennis past Federer's retirement: 

You should have seen, on the grounds' outside courts, the variegated ballet that was this year's Junior Wimbledon. Drop volleys and mixed spins, off-speed serves, gambits planned three shots ahead; all as well as the standard-issue grunts and booming balls. Whether anything like a nascent Federer was here among these juniors can't be known, of course. Genius is not replicable. Inspiration, though, is contagious, and multiform and even just to see, close up, power and aggression made vulnerable to beauty is to feel inspired and (in a fleeting, mortal way) reconciled.