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| Roger Federer (above) proud of his victory |
Murray's chances of finishing the year as rank number 2 are demolished after losing to Federer on Sunday night.
After a very tight first set, Federer ran away with the second set by miles by winning the second set 6-2 and the opening set 7-6 (7-5).
It was looking good for the US Open champion at the very early stages of the match, as Murray broke Federer in the very first game and doubled the lead after game 2.
But in game 8 Federer broke Murray's serve for the first time in the match and put the first set level to four all.
The first set went to tie break. Federer did a great comeback to win the tie break after being 5-3 down. Federer won the tie break 7-5 and won the first set 7-6.
The second set was looking neck and neck just like the opening set. After the first two games Federer broke Murray for the first time in the second set after Murray was 40-0 up but Federer came back to win the third game and take control.
Federer then broke yet again to make it 5-2 in the 7th game. It was the 8th game of the second set with Federer having the serve, Murray had very little chance with the performance Federer had throughout the match.
Federer won the game, set and match by smashing the ball way past Murray giving him no chance to recover from his return. It was a big roar from the crowd but it probably could of been louder if Murray had won. Federer looked very delighted after the match point.
Federer will be bidding for his 7th World tour on Monday night against World number 1, Novak Djokovic (Ser). Federer has won the last 2 finals in 2010 and 2011 against Rafael Nadal (Spa) and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra). Federer has won the other 4 finals in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Novak Djokovic last appeared and won the World tour finals back in 2008 when the tournament use to be staged in Shanghai, China. Djokovic has only won it the once.
So looking at the final between Federer and Djokovic, the match is going to look very close but I am predicting Federer to win this final and claim the tour for the 7th time. Reason why is becaue Federer has an outstanding history in this competition and comparing it to Djokovic he hasn't got a great history in the tournament. But Djokovic has yet again had a successful year with another Australian Open under his belt, and there is a good reason why his number 1 in the World.
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| Andy Murray (above) had a poor performance after the 1st set |
Even though Murray ends his year with a defeat against Federer he has had the best year of his life even Murray said it in the press conference after the match. His first ever Grand slam at the US Open against Djokovic and his first Olympic gold medal at Wimbledon against Federer in straight sets after becoming runner up at Wimbledon in July. Let's hope next year Murray can get even bigger and win more Grand slams.
So, the final tennis match of 2012 is between rank number 1, Novak Djokovic and rank number 2, Roger Federer. Who will end the year with success. The final kicks off at 20:00 on Monday 12th November at the 02 arena.
Murray v Federer Match Statistics
Jamie Davies
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