Q. You mentioned on the court you couldn't have played that much better. You played many finals at this event. Would you say, quality‑wise, this was one of the highest quality finals you've played in this event?
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, it's hard to say. It's matchups, again. I have to play so different against Rafa than I have to play against Novak. I have to play different against other players. It's unfair to say which one has been the best one.
I think the quality was good, you know. 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, you know. Overall, I think it was a great match. Yeah, I think I played very well. It was extremely close today.
Q. Sometimes from the outside we see the match differently from the players. You were attacking all the time, very aggressive. 30 winners against 18. But 42 errors against 28. 24 were forehand errors. Do you think that is because you were trying so much to take initiative, you were taking so many risks and chances that at the end, you were missing more? You made four forehand mistakes when you were up 5‑4, 40‑15. For you, it's very uncommon. I've never seen you miss so many forehands. Were you tired a little bit in the second set or not?
ROGER FEDERER: I don't read into stats a whole lot anyways. I mean, I think there, you have to talk about me serving 125 up the T three or four times, and him bringing back a bullet. I think this is where he gets me on the back foot. Then for me to miss a forehand after having three great reflex half volleys from the baseline, to eventually miss a shot where you're a little bit under pressure. It's called an unforced error. Look, for me, that is not worth the debate.
Obviously I was going to try to go after my shots and not just hand it to him. That's just how I play tennis. If I have 80 errors and I win the match, I don't care. I really don't. For me it's important to play the right way. I think I did that today.
Sometimes I wish I wouldn't have missed and I surprised I missed. But then again, it's all a matter of how does the ball get to you, what has happened in the last five minutes, two minutes, 30 minutes. You just have to absorb all of that, compress it into that one decision you have to make when the ball comes to you. Sometimes you think there is a gap, there is not a gap, then you push and miss it by a little bit.
Yeah, I mean, I think with all those errors, I still played a good match. So I'm happy.