Roger Federer has revealed the one match that he would like to play again, but it is not the one that most tennis fans expect, as he insisted his 2019 Wimbledon defeat to Novak Djokovic did not leave him devastated.<\/p>\n
Looking to win a record-extending ninth Wimbledon trophy and take his Grand Slam tally to 21, Federer<\/a> defeated his great rival Rafael Nadal in the semi-final to set up a match against Djokovic.<\/p>\n The pair produced the longest Wimbledon final as they slugged it out for four hours and 57 minutes with the match going to a fifth set and a final set tie-breaker to decide the outcome. Federer found himself with two match points at 8-7 in the fifth set, but Djokovic saved both and broke back before winning 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 13-12 (7-3)<\/a>.<\/p>\n The outcome left Federer fans devastated and it also turned out to be his last Grand Slam final, but in an interview with Tagesanzeiger.ch\u2019s Simon Graf<\/a>, the tennis legend said he moved on quickly from that defeat.<\/p>\n \u201cFunnily enough, that one didn\u2019t bother me for long. No idea why. Maybe it was because of the children. Maybe because I\u2019d beaten Rafa in the semi-final,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I felt like: It was over, I\u2019d played a great tournament, shame I lost, and on we go. I analysed it very matter-of-factly for myself. In the following days I had the occasional flashback. But never again after that.<\/p>\n Roger Federer\u2019s advice to tennis parents as he reveals journey with son Leo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Emotional footage released of Roger Federer as he is handed the ultimate honour in tennis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n When told that the match was traumatic for many of his fans, the former world No 1 replied: \u201cNot for me. I said to myself: From now on it\u2019s just a good memory.<\/p>\n \u201cThe last thing I wanted was to drive myself crazy over it. I didn\u2019t deserve that, because I really had played well.<\/p>\n \u201cI still remember coming back home after the final and the children rushing toward me. I said: \u2018Hey, I just need five minutes.\u2019 I had to let off steam briefly and lie on the bed. Then I went down to the living room. There were 30 people there, and we had a good evening together.\u201d<\/p>\n Instead, the match that resulted in a lot of flashbacks was his defeat to Juan Martin del Potro in the final of the US Open<\/a> in 2009.<\/p>\n After winning five consecutive titles at Flushing Meadows from 2004 to 2008, Federer was looking to become the first player to win six in a row at the US Open in the Open Era and he breezed into the final as he dropped only two sets.<\/p>\n But then he came up against the powerful Del Potro and the Argentine stunned him 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 to win his only Grand Slam trophy.<\/p>\n \u201cI should have won that one,\u201d Federer said. \u201cBack then I had back pain in the warm-up and then missed so many chances. That was one of the matches I shouldn\u2019t have lost. It also broke my streak at the US Open.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Why Roger Federer moved on quickly from THAT Wimbledon final defeat, but not 2009 US Open final<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Roger Federer has revealed the one match that he would like to play again, but it is not the one that most tennis fans expect, as he insisted his 2019 Wimbledon defeat to Novak Djokovic did not leave him devastated. Looking to win a record-extending ninth Wimbledon trophy and take his Grand Slam tally to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Roger Federer News<\/h2>\n