After the epic 5h 53min of tennis between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5 in the final of the Australian Open, I wrote an article about what I thought of that match.

My main gripe was that, 'perhaps it could have been a 3 hour match instead of the 5h 53 min nightmare!'

A friend of mine forwarded me this letter, supposed to be from Wayne Bryan (the Brian brothers father) to the USTA!

Dear Anonymous USTA Exec,

After watching a whopping 5h 53min of tennis with Novak Djokovic defeating Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-5, there is one thing that worries me.

Are these fellows trying to kill each other?

The boys still have plenty to learn.

Just not going to go on and over-analyze what was obvious in the match between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic...here were two young men out-slugging each other from the baseline over and over again.

Some pundits in an effort to discredit Nadal will say that following the 10-minute pause for the traditional Australia Day firework celebrations, Roger Federer was not the same and that is why Roger lost!