It was the first all-Swiss final in since 2000 when Rosset beat Federer and again Federer had to be the runner-up after Wavrinka came back from a first set loss with the scoreline: 4-6 7-6 6-2 in Wavrinka’s favour. For a Fed fan every loss hurts, especially when it’s in tournaments he’s never won before, but you just have to give to Wavrinka who played well throughout the tournament and he’s having his best year with 6-0 against Top Ten players. Impressive to say the least! Wavrinka said after the match: I don’t have much to add to that. One …
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All-Swiss final
It’s the first time since Federer lost to Rosset in Marseille 2000 that we have an all-Swiss final on the ATP Tour. That will take place after Wavrinka played a solid match in beating a likely tired David Ferrer 6-1 7-6 and an inspired Federer killed the hopes of the Serbian fans with his 7-5 6-2 victory of world number two, Novak Djokovic. An important part of the Federer vs Djokovic match was Djokovic’s wrist/arm injury that obviously impaired him throughout. It was apparent to everyone watching and reminded tennis fans of the Nadal vs Wavrinka Australian Open final. Watching …