Remembering Roger Federer's 3 epic matches of 2014
Saving match points and winning has become a habit for himIt might have been sort of an anti-climax for Roger Federer as he had to withdraw from the ATP World Tour Finals against Novak Djokovic, but it has surely been a brilliant comeback for Roger in 2014 after his dismayed performance in 2013.Federer won 5 titles this year including two ATP 1000 Masters Series titles and was runner-up at 6 other tournaments including the Wimbledon where he lost in an epic 5 set match against Novak Djokovic. Remembering the match against Djokovic, Roger had saved 2 championship points in the 4th set but eventually lost the match. Federer clearly learned something from that match as he did not make that mistake again, winning 3 matches in a matter of 3 months after saving match points against different opponents. Here is a lost of those epic matches.
#1 U.S Open 2014 Semi-finals - Gael Monfils
This match is going to be remembered by Federer fans for years to come. He was angry, he was pumped up , he lost , he won – Fans got to see all sides of Federer in this epic 5 set thriller.
The match started off with Monfils controlling the game and Federer making a lot of mistakes. He made 26 unforced errors in the first two sets. Monfils took full advantage of it and along with some brilliant shots by him, he took the first two sets. Federer played a nearly flawless third set as he made only one unforced error and took the set.
It looked like the tables had turned as Federer broke Monfils in the third game. Monfils did not lose his confidence and fired himself up as he broke right in the next game. Federer was serving at 4-5 to stay in the match and found himself in a very sticky situation giving Monfils 2 match points serving at 15-40. Federer held his nerve with two big serves and aggresive play to take the game. It was all Federer after that as broke Monfils in the 11th game and held his serve after that to take the set 7-5.
The 5th set saw Federer continue from where he left off. With some agressive play he broke Monfils in the first and 5th game and eventually took the set 6-2. Federer ended up losing to eventual champion Marin Cilic in the semifinals.
Result
Roger Federer def, Gael Monfils 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
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