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Quote from: masterclass on September 13, 2015, 11:36:06 pm

Yep.  Federer threw that match away.  Novak was there for the taking.  I'm not happy with the Swiss Assassin.  He really had Novak behind the 8 ball in many of his service games, love - 40 or, 15-40, and either played too safe on those points, got into rallies and ended up making errors, or he hit wild shots on easy sitters.  On other points he was aggressive and did well.  For some reason he crawled into a hole on the crucial points, like a scared rabbit, after just beating the guy in straight sets in the Cincinnati Masters.

Federer :   4 for 24 on break points.  1 out of 11 on second serve break points. Third set Federer had a 2 sitter forehands for break point to go up 2 sets to 1 and blew it, one he hit right at Novak for some reason with the whole court wide open, then soon after, tactically worked hard to move Djokovic out of the court, but about 6 feet from the net hit an easy forehand sitter long past the open court that you or I could have made, and Novak ended up winning the 3rd set.

Novak: 35 Winners, 37 UE's.  6/13 on break points.
Roger: 56 Winners, 54 UE's.   4/24 on break points.

Congrats to Novak on his 10th major win.   Commiserations to Roger, who for some reason is not getting it done vs. Nole in majors, even when presented with great opportunity.

Respectfully,
masterclass

I guess it was just not meant to be. roger has way too much experience on the big stage to throw this away like this. he had this slam.


he could have dismantled djokovic today. these opportunities are difficult to come by.


I am just at a loss.


4 for 24 is on break points is not acceptable at this stage for anybody, let alone for roger. he made it too simple for his adversary.

I think the three hour delay grossly affected the match and the players. They were both so tense throughout and never settled into playing their games. Bad luck for Roger. Opportunity missed.