Roger Federer has admitted he took himself to a dark place to keep alive his freakish, indestructible record that left Novak Djokovic in awe. AusOpen
Having been on the ATP Tour for more than 20 years, Federer carries a near unprecedented record of never retiring from a match.
Djokovic said simply he had “huge respect” for Federer’s indestructible record of seeing matches through to their completion — but, in truth, the Serbian superstar was a class above his 20-time grand slam rival.“You know, I just want to say respect to Roger for coming out tonight,” he said earlier in his on-court interview.“Respect for coming out and trying his best all the way through.”
He said it hurt him to play wounded — especially after it soon sunk in that he was almost no chance of winning. If any extra motivation was needed, winning on Sunday will see the Serb reclaim the number one ranking after Rafael Nadal was sent packing in the last eight. The edge didn’t last long with the Serb immediately hitting back to even it up. But the power and finesse of the Federer game was troubling Djokovic, who was on the back foot and was broken once more to go 4-1 behind.
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