WIM: No way the Federer who destroyed Murray and reached the final is worse than the Federer who lost to Tsonga in the QF and didn't have a great win in that tournament
but the one who turned up in the final vs Djoko is significantly weaker than Wim 11 QF. he couldn't sustain level for like more than 2 hours or so.
The Tsonga match, he won 10 more points, 5% more return points. Tsonga just clustered his return points better, while fed did a bad job at it.
Murray of course doesn't have tsonga's serve or aggression.
11 fed had better movement and better fh.
USO: Federer reached the final without losing a set in 2015 and actually played a good match against a great Djokovic. Unfortunately he constantly choked away his chances there, while in 2011 he "only" choked at match point.
and? Both fed and djoko were a level above in the USO 11 semi compared to the USO 15 final.
fed lost one set to Cilic in USO 2011 3rd round before the semi. nothing much there. He absolutely crushed Monaco in 4R. Got back at Tsonga in straights in the QF.
And outside the Slams 2015 was slightly better in tournament results (despite winning the WTF in 2011), and considerably better in beating the Big 3 or Big 4.
only because nadal/djoko stopping him in semis in 11. actual level wise in the tournaments in which he played in both in 11 and 15.
doha 11 > brisbane 15 - by a bit
dubai 11 << dubai 15 - beat Djoko here in 15 being really clutch. pre-final was similar in both. final significantly better in 15.
IW 11 > ~ IW 15 - not much difference pre-djoko matches, took the set vs djoko more comfortably in 11. slight edge to 11, I'd say. again, just because he met djoko in semi in 11 doesn't mean he was worse there.
Monte carlo 11/15 - both below par losses to melzer and monfils respectively. who cares to separate too much
Madrid 11 >> Madrid 15 - lost to Nadal in semi in 3 in 11, was a good match. lost to Kyrgios in 3 in 15 in first match
Rome 11 << Rome 15 - lost to gasquet in 11, made the final in 15 incl beating Stan
Cincy 11 << Cincy 15 - lost to bird in 11. 15 - CIncy was his best tournament
Basel 11 >> Basel 15 - was pretty inconsistent in Basel 15, though raised his level for final. was dominant in 11
Paris 11 >> Paris 15 - lost to Isner in 15. Paris 11 was fed's best tourney in M1000 in 11. great performances.
YEC 11 >> YEC 15 - the RR match vs Nadal was the best among all of these. wawa semi in 15 was pretty good, but the final massive letdown.
Two masters tournaments each with significant differences (Madrid 11 and Paris 11) and (Rome 15, Cincy 15).
YEC 11 significantly better than YEC 15
Dubai and Basel in opposite directions for 15 and 11 respectively
He didn't play Halle in 11 because of reaching RG final. won Halle in 15.
what big 3 or big 4?
1. nadal was nearly AWOL in 15.
Anyways fed 15 has zero chance of beating nadal at Miami 11. maybe he wins 1 or 2 games more that's about it.
fed 15 loses in straights to nadal of Madrid 11.
fed 15 also loses easily in straights to nadal of RG 11 instead of a pretty competitive final
fed crushed nadal in YEC 11, while basel 15 was a 3-setter.
so what's the point there again?
2. Djokovic: fed beat him in a slam in 11 and nearly again at USO
fed 15 went only 4 sets in both in 15.
Dubai 15 was clearly better from fed vs djoko, I'll give you that.
CIncy 15 was obviously better.
YEC 11 fed would've beaten 15 djoko in RR the same and the final would be a massive fight unlike 15 YEC final.
two slam matches+YEC go to 11 while Dubai, Cincy go to 15.
clearly goes to the former
3. fed did great vs Murray in 15, but they never faced off in 11 for a comparision.
Both incredibly overrated by Djokovic fans saying he was peaking, and actually underrated by Federer fans who act like he's a crippled mug who can't play at all.
