Highly entertaining final. There was five breaks of serve in the first set, and rather than being evidence of poor play, it was rather a case of both just switching off at crucial moments and being punished for it. Plenty of games could have gone either way. Overall, Ivanovic was the better player.
Fred Stolle (former French Open winner) and Wally Masur (former French Open semi finalist) are doing the Australian tv commentary. Both said Roger needed to win the first set. If that's true, he's in the shit already.
Don't be so sure. Nadal took him pretty much to the wire last time and clearly his confidence will be high this time. He's playing Queens to get his grass game in shape and he'll be well prepared. Plus, I'm not sure that Federer has fully recovered from that early season virus - he's never looked as sluggish on court as he did today, Nadal's brilliance notwithstanding.
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