ATPWorldTour.com takes a look at the news and talking points at the Australian Open on Sunday.

Federer Believes Murray Will Win A Major

Roger Federer may have extended Great Britain’s title drought in majors for at least another five months, but the Swiss believes it is only a matter of time before Andy Murray joins the Grand Slam Champions club.

“The next one is not going to get any easier [for him],” said the Swiss. “But his game is so good that I'm convinced he will win one. I thought he did really well tonight because conditions were tough.

“He's a wonderful mover, tactician, [has a] great backhand. He has got everything you need to beat the best and to win big tournaments. Sometimes it just doesn't happen when you want. Sometimes it all of a sudden happens without you knowing that it did.

“He's going through a tough generation at the moment. There are many guys [who can challenge for Grand Slams]. So I think it's just not an easy thing to do, [win] Grand Slams, and I proved it again tonight. But I think he's extremely strong in his mind, and I just feel like he's got the game to do it. The question is just when.”

Murray Manages To Make A Joke Of It

One year ago, when Roger Federer lost the Australian Open final to Rafael Nadal, the Swiss cried on the shoulder of his Spanish victor during the trophy presentation ceremony.

It’s catching, it seems. Having lost his second major final and failed to end Great Britain’s 74-year wait for a male Grand Slam singles winner, an understandably disappointed Andy Murray choked back tears as he thanked the crowd and his family and friends back home for all their support before joking: “I can cry like Roger; it's a shame I can't play like him.”

Players Discuss Greatest Ever

As Roger Federer lifted his 16th major singles trophy, Indian doubles star Mahesh Bhupathi asked the Twitter world – “good time to debate who is the greatest. Vijay says Laver.. I say Roger.. Some say Borg. Fed on song is unbeatable..”

“courageous effort by Andy_Murray, but Roger Federer is the Greatest Tennis Player of All-Time, end of discussion,” wrote former player-turned TV commentator Justin Gimelstob.

“Fed at 16 (majors)... He will get to 20. Still hungry and still better than the rest!!” commented Bhupathi in answer to his own question. “The stats Rog is putting up over the last few years won't be duplicated in my lifetime..that's for sure.. Number 1 in my book..”

“I'd say rog (Federer), (Rod) laver and pete (Sampras) are top 3 in that order but I put Lendl very high on the list too,” answered American Rajeev Ram.

Indian player Somdev Devvarman agreed: “Rog and laver... noone else is in the same league in my opinion.”

Jamie Murray Misses Tie-Break To Catch Flight

Jamie Murray was still in the dark as to his younger brother’s result in the Australian Open final when he was called to board a flight to Zagreb, where he will compete in the PBZ Zagreb Indoors with Jonathan Marray next week.

In a succession of tweets, the 23 year old said: “Looking forward to watching the final...in the Star Alliance lounge at Heathrow! What am I doing?! Predictions.....

“Tuning into 909 to listen to johnathan overend and pat cash (on BBC 5Live) doing the final..come on andy!!!

“I'm in a taxi on way to heathrow for flight to croatia! Gutted to be listening to you guys! Hahah

“Boarding flight now! Gonna have to switch my phone off in the tie break!”

More To Come From Paes

Indian Leander Paes partnered Zimbabwe’s Cara Black to his 11th Grand Slam win in Sunday’s mixed doubles final and believes he still has more to offer the sport at the age of 36.

“One of the first questions I was asked at my age, to continue winning Grand Slams,” said Paes. “That was something we were talking about at the prize ceremony. 21st Grand Slam final, 11th win. The beauty of continually putting in the hard work day in and day out in the gym or on the track when you're not feeling great, these are the things you play for.

“That's the thing about tennis, that it keeps teaching me. I'm a student of life; I'm a student of tennis. It keeps teaching me about getting better. If Roger Federer can keep improving, I think all of us can still improve.”

Star Spotting

The Australian Open attracted a whole host of famous faces to Melbourne Park. Among them were: actors Eric Bana, Jesse Metcalfe, Les Hill and Geoffrey Rush, singer Lily Allen, TV personality Erin McNaught, Antonia Kidman (younger sister of Nicole), Olympic swimming gold medallists Stephanie Rice and Liesel Jones, Aussie Rules footballer Ben Cousins, former Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian, restaurant critic Matt Preston, guitarist Darren Middleton and sports commentator Sam Kekovich.

Statistic Of The Day

Over the Australian Open fortnight, fans devoured 15,000 Aussie sausages, 110,000 ice creams, 100,000 cups of coffee, 150,000 bottles of Evian water, 85,437 bottles of Jacobs Creek wine, 80,000 bottles of Heineken and 230,000 draught cups and more than 50,000 buckets of hot chips.

In the player cafe, players ordered more than 3,500 Chef's specials and 2,000 pasta dishes per day during peak times. The players also loved salad, with more than 1.400 per day consumed during peak periods.

Record Attendance

The 2010 Australian Open enjoyed a record tournament attendance of 653,860, beating the previous record of 605,735 set in 2008.

“I'm very thankful to the legends of the game who created this great platform for us,” said Federer. “We did have another record crowd attendance at the Australian Open. For me to be part of something like this is something also very special, of course.”