Points won by each set: [ 27-15, 41-39 ]
Points won directly on serve:
13 % Federer – 8 of 59
12 % Novak – 8 of 63
Despite very bad service day (only 39% of first serves in), Federer [5] quite easily defeated his tough opponent, improving to 4:3 their H2H rivalry. Federer’s first title not dropping a set; against Novak [10] he came back from a break down twice in the 2nd set (four consecutive breaks), then trailed *5:6 (30-all). It was their second final within a few months following Vienna, a few months later they play another final, and Novak takes a surprising revenge in from of the Swiss crowd in Gstaad.
Federer’s route to his 6th title:
1 Irakli Labadze 6-3, 6-3
2 Maximilian Abel 6-4, 7-5
Q Hicham Arazi 7-5, 6-3
S Ivan Ljubicic 6-3, 6-2
W Jiri Novak 6-1, 7-6(2)