I see them as two different losses. Federer was just a bit flat against Nole and still showed better typical penetration and willingness to move the ball around. In this match he was in ''predictable'' mode. Gulbis played well but Federer was one-dimensional by his own standards. Also, Federer had won many tournaments going into Wimbledon in the months prior, which is not the case this year.
I agree in general. Fed is not playing even close to what he was in 2012 and it shows in the results. Wimbledon is his best chance still, but I don't get the feeling he can win Wimbledon right now. He hasn't shown me enough.
I think Djoker can beat him even at Wimbledon. In fact, I think Djoker would be the favourite should that potential match happen (yeah I said it). I think the general feeling before their Wimbledon match in 2012 was actually that Novak was the favourite. A lot of people forget that. Most didn't think he could beat Djoker on grass or otherwise and they were still skeptical about him beating Murray although again I think the general feeling was that given Roger's history and Murray's that Roger was the slight favourite.
Murray should be better on grass and could easily beat Federer, and we all know his history with Nadal and eventually you have to think Nadal will get out of the first week at Wimbledon again. Not to mention any big servers with weapons could be trouble. Hell he lost to Stakhovsky last year, although I don't expect him to lose in the 2nd round again.
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