Renting space in an opponents head, the match up issue...

[Federberg]

I don't agree that Nadal is a slow-starter. And he's often come out hotter than Novak in their best matches. With lesser players he can trade breaks, then seize control. But with Novak and Roger he's often won the first, when he wins the match.

I completely agree with this. One of the odd things about this final is that I fully expected Rafa to come out firing and gradually give in to the wall that I expected Novak to put up. Remember that USO final in 2011? First 2 sets Rafa was astonishing in the first half of the sets only to be hauled back by Novak