After a first round bye, Roger played Novak Djokovic in the semi-final today. After a tight opening, Djokovic soon began to settle into his stride and pulled away with a break of serve, before winning nine straight games. Unfortunately, Roger found no answer, letting the Serb streak away to a clear 2-6, 1-6 victory.
“It’s surprising when it goes quick and you are on the losing side. It’s not so comfortable sometimes,” Federer said.
“You try hard and try different things and it’s not working. He was playing really well,” Federer said. “Unfortunately, it was a short-lived match but we know he is a very good front runner. He took the lead in both sets quite early and that made it difficult because conditions were pretty quick and my game was not good enough today to make it more competitive.”
The season will officially start next week, as Roger opens the new year by defending his Doha title.
Date: 30.12.2011, Source: RF Official
Awesome blog, great to see roger fans making such an awesome tribute.
ReplyDeleteHope roger plays good tennis against rafa tomorrow.
Good luck and keep up the good work!
Jon