Mr Feeny
Hall of Fame
It robbed us all an opportunity to see a tighter match but it certainly didn't deny Federer a victory, Djokovic was unstoppable at that tournament.
And when you look at it better, it's also kind of hypocritical when mono is desperately used like that. Whenever Novak retired during a match no matter what the reason was, a lot of people called him fake, coming up with comments like "If you start the match, you are fit to play", "He is trying to put a stain on his opponent's win". In this case the match was even completed but hey it was decided by mono and not by Djokovic's near perfect performance.
Come on mate. Djokovic retiring for whatever reason (as many players do ) is nothing like mono. Federer had made 10 straight finals. He dominated that tour until the aussie where even tipsaravic nearly put him out and badly outplayed Federer. Scrubs were beating him. Mardy fish waxed him that spring.
You're entitled to your opinion but very few are going to credit Novak for that, seeing as how Federer was being manhandled by everyone in the early part of that year.
Mono is not an excuse. And it's not like a player retiring for tiredness or niggling aches or anything else.