NOVAK DJOKOVIC & ROGER FEDERER: THE TENNIS RIVALRY – 2015 U.S. OPEN NEWS

Written by: on 13th September 2015
US Open Tennis
NOVAK DJOKOVIC & ROGER FEDERER: THE TENNIS RIVALRY - 2015 U.S. OPEN NEWS

epa04926199 Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a return to Marin Cilic of Croatia during their Semifinals round match on the twelfth day of the 2015 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 11 September 2015. The US Open runs through 13 September, which is a return to a 14-day schedule. EPA/JASON SZENES  |

Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are set to clash in the 2015 US Open final – their 42nd tour-level meeting. The Swiss leads the FedEx ATP Head2Head series 21-20 after a straight-sets win in the Cincinnati final gave him his seventh crown there and the edge over the Serb in their rivalry.

 

Their rivalry features the second-most matches played in the Open Era; only Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have faced off more often, with 44 battles.

 

Below is a history of the pair’s 41 matches.

 

2015 Western & Southern Open final, hard, Federer d. Djokovic 76(1) 63

The top two seeds were locked at 20-20 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series going into the final as Djokovic was bidding to win his first title in Cincinnati and complete a Career Golden Masters. The Serb had won their three previous meetings, but Federer’s aggressive mentality in cruising through the main draw saw him full of confidence for Sunday’s final against the World No. 1.

 

Roger Federer of Switzerland hits a return to Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland during their Semifinals round match on the twelfth day of the 2015 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 11 September 2015. The US Open runs through 13 September, which is a return to a 14-day schedule. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO

The Swiss won 40 per cent of return points entering the encounter and pressed for an early break immediately. Djokovic saved a trio of break points in the third game and another after a six-minute fifth game. The opener would proceed to a tie-break, where Federer would snatch an early mini-break and power through to take the first set, 7/1 in the tie-break. Federer would continue applying pressure on the Djokovic serve as the match progressed, surging to a 3-0 lead in the second set after the top seed double faulted to hand the initial break to the Swiss. He would hold serve to the finish line, striking 32 winners and seven aces in total to win his seventh ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in Cincinnati.

 

“I tried to really mix it up on his second serve and I was hoping to serve good enough myself to keep me out of trouble,” Federer said during an interview with ESPN following the match. “He had that one bad game at the beginning of the second set, which made the difference in the match.

 

“I’ve seen Novak adapt to my play over the years and he’s also improved a lot. His movement and his backhand and forehand are always so solid. There aren’t many errors coming out of his forehand wing now. Our rivalry has definitely evolved.”

 

( Courtesy of the ATP And Original Link – http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/rivalries-djokovic-federer )

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