We sure have come a long way in two weeks. Cleaning out the notebook (or notes app) after a cracker of an Australian Open.
1. Nadal pulls ahead for the first time
Rafa Nadal takes over the men's all-time Major singles lead, winning his 21st by taking the title in extraordinary fashion—in a nearly six-hour match, coming back from two sets down against the hottest player in the draw. This isn't the first five-set win Nadal's had in a major final, but it's the only one where he spent this much time playing from behind. Apart from that, apart from winning a second Career Slam at age 35, apart from the French Open looming….