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Originally Posted by Regorium
Inaudible was because the umpire was talking to him at the time. Probably saying something like "Be quiet, I've made my decision," to which Federer says "Don't tell me to be quiet..." and so forth.
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My mistake, that wasn't when he dropped the F-bomb, that came later:
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Originally Posted by Regorium
I agree partially, especially for a few points after that line call. However, Federer showed great mental strength to stick with his guns, powering his forehand and going for backhands that ultimately kept missing. I think the biggest example of his mental strength is on the last championship point. He worked so hard to hit that forehand slice to return Potro's monster forehand, but again, it just was not his day as he made another UE on a routine backhand.
To me, that shows he fought for every single point. It would've been easy to give up on a lot of those Del Potro forehands, but he did the best he could considering he could not put a ball into the court. He worked hard to win some 50% of his points on his 2nd serve, where a lot of players would just mentally check out when their opponent is jumping all over the serve.
I think the mental strength is still there, and that'll allow him to challenge for slams, even as the physical part slowly fades away.
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Actually yeah I agree have to with that. I was stuck in class for half this match, and had to watch the rest on a grainy online stream as I hadn't setup cable at my new place; so I really can't say much either way about the finer details of the match.
Still disappointed he couldn't pull it off. I think he can pull out 2 more again next year, but I think age is going to catch up with him pretty quick here. I think that will be the last year where he can be a multi grand slam winner.