Great Semi-final Match in Dubai 500 Masters: Federer vs Djokovic

Tonight i watched a great match between  two of the world’s best tennis players in semi-final Dubai. “Majesty” Roger Federer (6) and great Serbian Novak Djokovic (2) performed great quality of tennis. As a fan, it was a great joy to watch it.

This match was also important to analyze Roger Federer’s performance for me. As he was not at his best form in the tournament so far, this match was another test to understand if he is improving his game or not after Edberg. On the other hand, Djokovic said in a interwiev that he felt a bit “rusty” and  want to get over it. He also had a disappoinment in Australian Open last month losing Wawrinka in the QF.

Federer couldn’t make a good start to the match, Djokovic broke his service game very early in the opener and after Federer could not break back. It was the summary of the first set 3-6.


In the second set, Roger Federer played more aggresively, better at his serve’s and better backhands, he got the result and broke Djokovic service. Rallies were tasteful, match was enjoyable, most important thing is to watch how Federer can come back after dropping the first set and taking the second one in very dominant way. Roger Federer have not beaten him for the last 18 months so it was a big pressure point for him to beat Djokovic.

In the decider, Djokovic gifted a service game to Federer and thus RF carried the score to 4-1 after he had saved 15/40 in his serve. Roger Federer was fantastic tonight, he played just he had to do. His backhands were very good, he sent some deep shots that can be shown in tennis acedemies as best examples of its kind.Djokovic was not bad but i guess he is having trouble about changing coach. This win means a lot to Roger Federer. Thus he leads 17-15 in the ATP series against Djokovic.

Last year’s runner-up Tomas Berdych and Roger Federer will play a final match tomorrow. If Federer plays like today, it is for sure that Berydch will have a very tough time on court. Roger Federer will play his 115. final in ATP which is a record and if he wins he will get the trophy for 77th times. For me, Roger Federer is a great player of all times. I am so happy to watch him in a great performance again.



*Photos taken from Tennis News FB page.




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