Yeah true, because tennis is a game where your level of play depends on the level of your opponent. 2015 Djokovic tbh troubled Roger's game way more than Murray did.
Yeah, Murray could trouble Federer sometimes but there were some matches where he had nothing and Federer would kind of routine him.
It's hard to measure, as it's not something like bowling, golf, track or swimming, where you receive an objective score or time. Maybe, Fed wasn't quite as sharp in the final but most of that was caused by his fairly good opponent.
Yeah I agree for the most part. I think he was nearly as good as his 2006/2007 form in that final, although the only things he was worse at were his stamina and forehand. But as for the stamina part, maybe it was more mental rather than physical. I think that once he found himself down 2 sets to one (and upon realizing that had he not played out of his mind in the 2nd set tiebreak, he would've been straight setted for the first time since 2003), he gave up hope. But in the 2006 and 2007 Wimbledon finals, he was never trailing Nadal, in fact, he was leading 2-0 and 2-1 in sets respectively, so he had no reason to lose confidence.
Murray did beat fed at olympics on grass shortly after though.
Probably mental.
Fed and Djokovic were actually about even on the mental side of things that match.
It wasn't just mental, it clearly became physical too considering the matches in 2015-2016 weren't particularly close. With Nadal at least he could play 5 setters.
I don't know if there's a statistic (other than perhaps BP converted or MP/SP converted) that can really quantify mental condition, but intuitively I'll say I felt Roger was almost always dealing with a greater level of anxiety than Novak. He felt much more fragile, and I always felt it was because he knew he was dealing with someone who he couldn't get many free points off of.
