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“But it's easier said than done. Both men have beaten him on an indoor hard court at London’s O2 Arena over the past couple of seasons, so the result of the tournament is not yet a formality.
He's pulled out ahead of a showdown before, most notably back in 2014 when he withdrew at the last minute from the final of the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 with a back injury which he had been struggling with since 2013.
Federer, remember, has never retired midmatch after a staggering 1,512 single matches as a pro.
In other words, Djokovic’s prospects of a 17th major title – and a return to world No 1 – are so bright that he’d better wear shades.A rare error from Djokovic gifts Federer a free point to hand his rival two game points, but Djokovic steps in to cut short the next rally to hang around at 40-30.Danger now for Fed at deuce, and it gets worse for the great champ as he tamely strikes a forehand back into the net. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. I wasn't hitting the ball.“Obviously he was hurting. Nice entrance, nice send-off, and in between is one to forget. 39 (1981.08.08) Age 33 (1987.05.22) Basel, Switzerland Birthplace Belgrade, Serbia …
Federer's body has been creaking this fortnight, and having two lengthy five-set contests en route to this spot hasn't helped.The 20-times grand slam champion has been spotted on the training courts this morning with heavy strapping to his right thigh which isn't good. It never went there, so that's good. Federer's in a real scrap this opening game. Djokovic, who has topped the world rankings for 282 weeks, could overtake Federer's record of 310 weeks at number one by March and told the Times that is a major goal as well.
But it should also be noted that Djokovic has never lost a final on Rod Laver Arena.He has beaten Murray in four trophy matches, Rafael Nadal in two and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the odd one out, when he was still only 20 years old. Djokovic vs Federer head-to-head: ... Novak Djokovic confirms US Open 2020 participation despite series of withdrawals . But you're playing careful, obviously.”And so Djokovic continued his smooth progress to an eighth Australian Open final, where he will play the winner of Thursday's second semi-final between Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev. Deuce now and another let off for Djokovic as Federer pushes a backhand into the middle. I felt like at least it was probably not going to get worse. Four points in a row. After that, we didn't push it.
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He executes a stunning drop shot which is loaded with spin.
A fourth deuce later and an ace is backed up with a serve and volley. And then sends down his first ace of the match.