Watching the ATP Basel final yesterday I couldn’t help but feel the desperation in Roger Federer. He was more animated than I’ve seen him in a long time, talked with himself, contested the umpire, shot a ball into the roof of the stadium and seemed agitated with every shot that didn’t go his way. This wasn’t the pre-2013 often magnanimous Federer, this wasn’t a maestro, this was a player fighting to play his best. Although he lost the final in the end, 6-7 6-2 4-6, he can take many positives out of his hometown tournament and the main thing was …
