Independent - Roger Federer’s brilliance had made us think his reign as the game’s greatest player would stretch long into the future but the world No 1 admitted here yesterday that his unprecedented run of success had “created a monster”.

Federer’s record sequence of 10 consecutive appearances in Grand Slam finals came to an end with a crushing defeat by the Serb Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Paying the price for his lack of preparation, the world No 1 lost in straight sets in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time for four years as Djokovic won 7-5, 6-3, 7-6.

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