Wimbledon Mens Final - Where it ends all

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Awesome match and a fitting climax for a tournament full of upsets, its Wimbledon Final come Sunday and it will be contested by 7 time Champion Roger Federer and the No.1 Seed Novak Djokovic.


Federer

Key Strengths - Experience , Grass court movements, Serve and finally anticipation.

A-Game - Serve, volley, aggression, grass court movements, big forehands [all], backhand slices, topspins and flatout shots DTL and experience in handling points and holding nerves.

Weakness - Lack of Stamina to play a longer 5 set game [compared to his prime], Mid match focus lapse, Loops balls on backhands, slow 2nd servers [off late a big problem].

Crowd Support - Big time on, will be undoubtedly the crowd favorite , 80-20 should be expected.

Historical Achievement - First ever Men's Champion of all time [Yes all time] to win 8 Wimbledon  titles. 18 Grand Slams.   


Djokovic

Key Strengths - Return, movement, stamina, Backhand [all], Big points play.

A-Game - Backhand [all], Forehand  [all], Super Serbian Serves, Rebound Aces [Returns], Pace Variance [Slow and Fast Mix], passing shots, lobs, slices, top spins, volleys, drop shots.

Weakness - Grass court movements, lack of confidence, mid match focus lapse pressure to perform and Lack of Crowd Support

Crowd Support - Generally loves to play against the crowd, it won't be different tomorrow, 20% plus support should be expected.

Historical Achievement - Multiple Wimbledon Winner, World No. Status

H2H

In General - Federer 16-14
@Wimbledon - Federer 1-0
@GS Finals - Federer 1-0
@GS - Federer 6-5
@All Finals Djoko 5-4

Wimbledon 2014 Stats

Djoko vs Fed

Aces - 73 vs 69
DF - 9 vs 5
1st Serve in 68 vs 66
Server Broken 8 vs 1
Service Held - 93% vs 98%
Forehand Winners 53 vs 56
Backhand Winner 55 vs 31
Time on Court 15:09 vs 10:16

Prediction: Djoko is more or less determined and I guess destined to win his 2nd Wimbledon given his age , stamina and experienced coach Becker.

4 aces. You are kidding me

FedsFan wrote:Why is it in the crucial stages Fed's serve goes to pieces? Is it pressure?

Well he just done 4 aces

Come on Fed break. Attack man, leave your soul on the court like Nadal (used to)

Novak's form is going up and he cannot seem to miss!

Djokovic eating up the chip and charge.

four aces past the greatest returner of all time..
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I dunno. I'm feeling sick watching this

FedsFan wrote:I will say it again, Roger needs this more than Novak. Here we go, another hold for novak  

Federer has 17.

Djokovic has 6.

And you genuinely believe Federer needs it MORE .....??  

kingraf wrote:four aces past the greatest returner of all time..
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In the end it matters when u need it the most

lags72 wrote:

FedsFan wrote:I will say it again, Roger needs this more than Novak. Here we go, another hold for novak  

Federer has 17.

Djokovic has 6.

And you genuinely believe Federer needs it MORE .....??  

Only 8 Wimbledons.

Federer doesn't need anything anymore. Djokovic is in his prime and loses more finals than he wins

FedsFan wrote:Why is it in the crucial stages Fed's serve goes to pieces? Is it pressure?

Disagree with this. Throughout his whole career his break point defence in particular on his own serve has been very good, and it's been much more his mental strength when receiving (break point conversion) that you would rightly call into question. On his own serve he is solid.

Both players serving well in second half of this set, dominating.

pffff that sucks

Lionel Hutz wrote:Federer doesn't need anything anymore. Djokovic is in his prime and loses more finals than he wins

What are the odds of losing this one when I want him to lose?!!

Fed is melting faster then a glacier on summer.

Djokovic can be quite petulant...

Uh oh...

Where are the aces now :-(

YES!!! that was massive

Cor that was tense!

This hold will prove the one to give Fed this title.

FedsFan wrote:Where are the aces now :-(

Jinxy McJinx!

We all know the script, Djokovic to fold now.

Hey! Space Jam's on!

As someone mentioned (or something similar) Fed is getting ahead in service games but then relaxing a little bit. After getting to "40" he is often losing the next point.

Big hold there though.

Jahu wrote:This hold will prove the one to give Fed this title.

Hope u are right. I deal scenario is Novak finally blinking on his serve, giving Fed the set and starting the 4th serving first!

Dont be like HMM   

take first point. hit big forehand. djokovic error. break. now's the time.

Grigor seemed to be holding his own against Nole with more ease than Roger does.  He was just too inexperienced.

Murray-esq 2nd serve there 76mph

Federer has had a nothing day with his returns.

federer played the 40-0 point like I wanted him to play the 0-0 point

TB time. Love it!

Fed's serve needs to be ON now!

HMM and Feds Fan are the most ridiculously negative fans on this forum. Constant negativity at all times.

It aint

Ouch! Poor 2 points there from Feds

This is not looking good!

I hope this doesnt fire Novak up cos thats all Federer needs!

I think that's fair. he had the point. especially after he was unlucky with one earlier in the match.

Omg omg no shots today.

Whats Fed doing???

someone knew he would miss that. he needs to borrow a few forehands from 2005

 

It's gsm here

Djoko deserves that. 2-1 is the fair score on the balance of play. Shame it came to a poor error though.

What a time for the FH to disappear.

Djokovic just giving nothing away.

All done now.

Djoko deserves this match. Stable and fighting.

Fed has been a joke from first point.

Did anyone convice Fed that Djoko will melt today or what? Wtf.

Not many matches against big opponents where Federer gets better as the match goes on. He needs to improve his game to come from behind and he doesn't have a history of doing it. This is 85-90% Djokovic's.

This is done. Novak is playing better, has more stamina, has played better on key points, and is yet to be broken in the match. Federer's gone walkabout at times and although he's played pretty decently, just a few too many misses from the back. HB is right in that his groundstrokes lack bite today, for whatever reason.

Funny to see any player in a match with these statistics being called a 'joke'. Bit harsh, Jahu!