Get back on the hottest battles between Federer and Djokovic in the 2019 ATP Tour as they look forward to more battles this year.
One of the best rivalries in the recent ATP Tour was between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. The matches between the two greats were always intense that gave fans an up-and-down ride through intense plays.
A rivalry that had more than 30 matches, the two players will never know each one with such great detail. They will never know who did the best volleys or had a service fault in the game as each pace shifted in every FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting between the two.
Last year, the two players added only two matches to their FedEx ATP Head2Head series (Djokovic leads 26-23). It may be just two matches, but every single fan will never forget how tight those games were.
Djokovic has won over Federer in their last two Wimbledon finals back in 2014 and 2015. It has been four years since Federer has won a single match against Djokovic anywhere, but there was still enough reasons to believe that the Swiss, an eight-time Wimbledon champion, would come up big and pull off a big win over his rival.
Djokovic saved two match points, and he won the fifth-set tie-break for his fifth Wimbledon title.
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It was quite surprising since Federer bested the Serbian, winning 14 more points and hitting 40 more winners (94 to 54). Perhaps by the vital measure – the score – Djokovic led their 48th FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting and has now beaten Federer for three straight Wimbledon finals.
Djokovic and Federer’s second match of 2019 was in a win-or-go-home situation as the result would send one of them home and push the other one to the semi-finals of the season finale at The O2 in London.
Djokovic was aiming to get to the semi-finals to get a chance to clinch his sixth year-end No. 1 finish in the ATP Rankings. Federer, on the other hand, was going for his second ‘Big Title’ of the season after winning his 28th ATP Masters 1000 title in Miami against John Isner.
Before their 49th FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting, Federer denied any rumours that the tough loss back at SW19 would affect his run at The O2.
‘I didn’t hope I was never going to play him again. Actually, it’s good for me to play him again’, said Federer. ‘Maybe that all helps to get a chance to get him back. I’m personally excited to play against Novak’.
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True enough, Federer played with intensity for one of his best matches of the season. He showed a unique play style and had a game that was close to none which as he won over Djokovic, who never led for a single time in the game.
Federer fell short of winning the season’s final title. He blew his chance after losing to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semi-finals.
The rivalry between Federer and Djokovic will surely go down as one of the hottest rivalries in history. It will stand out as a sign of things to come for the two great players, especially for their fans all over the world.
The rivalry will just add fuel to the fire as the two players aim to make history in the current ATP tour.
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