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1. Voo de Mar says:

   February 23, 2016 at 8:52 am

   Points won by each set: | 44-40, 18-31, 36-28 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   32 % Djokovic – 31 of 96
   33 % Federer – 34 of 102

   The crucial stage of the opening set belongs to the weirdest endings you can get on the professional circuit, especially involving a surface other than clay and two guys relying on their serves. Djokovic led 40/0 on serve at 5-all, and lost eight straight points – Federer’s triple set point evaporated with his three baseline errors, directly after Djokovic’s returns! As well as the fourth set point. On the fifth Federer made another error, this time after a longer rally, and on the sixth set point Djokovic [4] produced a forehand winner. The Serbian took the game after seven deuces, and 9 out of the last 11 points of the set! In the 3rd set, consisted of only 64 points (very little for a tie-break set), Djokovic led 4:2*, then was four points away from losing the final twice. The match lasted 2 hours 13 minutes, Djokovic defeated Federer for the first time in four meetings. “This is the best tournament of my career,” said the 20-year-old Djokovic, “I won a Masters in Miami but here I beat the number three (Roddick) in the quarters, the number two (Nadal) in the semis and in the final, I beat the number one. I couldn’t ask for more. I played some impressive tennis all week. This is a dream come true.”
   If I could choose one tournament being the key to Djokovic’s enormous successes in the future, it’d be the Canadian Open ’07. He had the basis to build unbelievable self-confidence upon that triumph. The route to the title was exceptionally tough – five opponents with a Top 5 potential (albeit Kiefer very low ranked then, returning after a one year break), including the best three players in the world #

   Djokovic’s route to his 6th title:
   2 Nicolas Kiefer 6-3, 6-3
   3 David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-3
   Q Andy Roddick 7-6(4), 6-4
   S Rafael Nadal 7-5, 6-3
   W Roger Federer 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-6(2)

   Three cases that a man beat three best players in the world in consecutive matches (in the parentheses their ranking):
   1994 Stockholm – Becker (Reneberg – 37, Chesnokov – 33, Stich – 3, Sampras – 1, Ivanisevic – 2)
   2007 Montreal – Djokovic (Kiefer – 254, Nalbandian – 26, Roddick – 3, Nadal – 2, Federer – 1)
   2007 Madrid – Nalbandian (Clement – 40, Berdych – 11, Nadal – 2, Djokovic – 3, Federer – 1)

   # Comparison of their three deciding 3rd set tie-break matches:
   Montreal 2007 (F): Djokovic d. Federer 7-6, 2-6, 7-6… 2 hours 13 minutes… Total points: 98-100… Federer 4 points away
   I.Wells 2014 (F): Djokovic d. Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-6… 2 hours 12 minutes… Total points: 99-98… Federer 4 points away
   Paris 2018 (F): Djokovic d. Federer 7-6, 5-7, 7-6… 3 hours 2 minutes… Total points: 129-123… Federer 3 points away

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