A recap of the fiercest battles of 2012: Federer vs. Djokovic – ATP World Tour Finals 2012
Reigning world number one, Novak Djokovic, battled against the Swiss Maestro, Roger Federer, in the final round of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, an indoor hard court event at London.
The Serbian penned down his straight sets win, 7-6(6), 7-5, on November 12, 2012.
Federer in an interview with the media said, “Maybe a bit of regret because I had the lead twice first before him. At the end of the day, that doesn't matter. You have to get over the finish line in the set and then obviously at the match. He was better
at that today. I thought it was a good match. It was great intensity, good crowd. So it was fun playing. I shouldn't have been broken as often as I was broken today. But then again, that obviously has something to do with Novak, as well. It was extremely close.”
The 31-year-old Swiss contender secured the lead in the match and nudged up a 3-0 lead since the start of the match. This gave Federer the confidence that he can dominate his opponent, securing the top spot once again. In the opener, he stamped a 3-0 score
line and then the two contenders engaged in friendly exchanged with one another for a little while. The Serbian professional seemed eager to win the lead as he displayed powerful swings.
The higher ranked Serbian contender secured his top lead in the series after he cashed on Federer’s serve in the middle of the set. The two rivals passionately fought against one another and eventually Djokovic completely crumbled his challenger’s dreams
by winning the tiebreaker by 8-6.
In the second set, the Swiss clinched a 2-0 lead and was striving with a transcending momentum but this time around he unable to sustain his lead. The Serbian number one levelled the score line to 5-all in the second set and did not even commit a single
error.
The 25-year-old, Djokovic, is surely an excellent hero, he marked an emphatic end to the season at the same pace he started it. It surely takes double the amount of effort and immense hard work to sustain the top rank as with the arrival of new uncountable
challenges.
The right-hander Serb maintained 69 percent initials serve with six aces and committed double faults twice. He converted 43 of 68 first and just 14 of 30 second serve points. He snatched away four of seven break points from his competitor. On the other hand,
Federer attained 61 percent first serve precision with eight aces and bagged away 35 of 57 first and 19 of 36 second delivery points in response.
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