Points won by each set: | 39-34, 40-37, 16-25, 51-48 |
Points won directly behind the serve:
39 % Henman – 55 of 140
36 % Federer – 54 of 150
# For the second time within four Slams, Federer [15] lost almost identical four-setter in which he was within a few points to win all the sets he lost. Against Henman he led 5:4* in the opener, had his good chances to win both tie-breaks: first 6:3* then 5:2*. In the 4th set he came back from a *1:4 (15/40) deficit, saving four mini-match points in total. He took a toilet break after the 2nd set and a medical time-out trailing 1:4 in the 4th The Brit [11] was on his way to finally triumph at Wimbledon, but in the semifinal lost a three-day (!) thriller to Ivansievic.