As predicted, Federer fanboys (the worst fans in tennis) are trying to diminish what we just saw., just as some did back in 08. It was an unbelievable match, high drama, high level.
The first set was super high quality, all down to the wire. In the breaker, Federer's nerves got him a bit.. he lost it.
Second set, it was bizarre, Djokovic went away completely, Federer kept playing well, took in 6-1
3rd set was high quality all the way to the breaker again, Fed again showed a bit of nerves, Novak showed nerves of steel.
4th set was a bit like the 2nd set, inexplicably, Djokovic went away at the beginning... Federer kept playing well and took it, there was a bit of drama at the end when Novak broke back but Fed sealed the deal
Last set was tension from the start, it was hard watching... High quality, Novak broke first, Fed broke back. Then Fed broke, served for it. One point Fed missed a fh, next Novak came up with passing shot, Novak could've easily choked and missed it... kudos to him. Novak faced break points later, prevented Fed from breaking. 12-12, Novak handled nerves better.
In summary, Novak went away for 1.5 sets, Fed played well throughout but struggled with nerves in breakers. The 3 sets Novak won were tiebreakers and it came down to nerves, Novak handled nerves better. Overall, Novak had control of the baseline by using a consistent attack, Federer looked like he was always defending vs Novak but at times did attack. Federer used good tactics throughout, he served well, used slice intelligently, came to net. His only issue was staying with Novak during rallies, Novak had upper hand. Federer played better tennis throughout the match but he just couldn't manage nerves better than Novak in those tiebreakers.
both played very well, there was a lot of drama. Appreciate the match instead of being so nasty, angry and quite frankly silly. You are not tennis fans if you can't enjoy a good match just because your player lost. Tennis won today, it was a very entertaining match. Get over it fed fanboys.
