Fedalforever
Semi-Pro
I keep seeing this mentioned all the time and I think the record must be set straight on this. Federer was thoroughly dominated in set 1. Set 2 was the ONLY set in the entire match where he was definitely better than Novak(and he nearly choked that). Set 3 actually saw Novak up a break first so I don't know where this idea stems from that Federer somehow had the match in his pocket at the point. For argument's sake even if he had won that...Novak would have won the 4th as Fed was not even close in set 4(unless we are making a massive leap of faith and assuming a Fed with the confidence of a set win behind him would do much much better...somehow I don't buy that) and in set 5 fed was a goner anyway....Federer lost the match when he lost the first set.