Roger Federer: Tennis is always quite brutal
Roger Federer commented on his upcoming Wimbledon final against Novak Djokovic.
The Swiss player believes that his mental approach will be similar as when on Friday he faced Rafael Nadal as they know each other very well. "It's the same like going into a Rafa match. I think the moment you've played somebody probably more than 15 times, you know, especially in recent years also a few times, there's not that much more left out there. Especially you know where the players go when it really matters, how much can you still surprise somebody. At the end of the day it comes very much down to who's better on the day, who's in a better mental place, who's got more energy left, who's tougher when it really comes to the crunch. In the tennis, there's always somebody who's going to be a little bit better because there's no draws in our sport. It's always quite brutal sometimes.
"Don't want to say always the better player wins, but sometimes it can be tough. Like today, he could have broken in that last game somehow and we could still be playing. Who knows. Look, I'm excited about the game against Novak. Like you said, we've played each other so, so much. I don't mind that, I think it's more of a clear game plan. Especially we had a great match against each other in Paris just recently. I hope we can back it up from there."
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