Novak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer Battle a Dream Finale for 2015 US Open

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Published: September 12, 2015

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NEW YORK — This is what tennis wanted, and the sport will have it on Sunday in the U.S. Open men's final: the best against the best, No. 1 against No. 2, the great server against the great returner.

It’s the dream match—the latest version of a recurring dream.

The names: Novak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer. The games: the defense of the Djoker vs. the offense of the Fed Man.

“The best attacking player in the game at the moment,” said Christopher Clarey, who has covered tennis around the globe for the New York Times, “against the best defender in the game at the moment. That is a dream.”

It doesn’t always work out this way. There are bad days. There are upsets. And we need look no further than Friday to what happened to Serena Williams. Or we could extend to a year ago when Djokovic, the No. 1 seed, lost to Kei Nishikori in the semifinal while Marin Cilic beat Federer, the No. 2 seed, in their semi.

That left a U.S. Open final in which Cilic defeated Nishikori, and few outside the tennis cognoscenti cared. It wasn’t exactly a nightmare, other than for the ticket touts, but it was a letdown. Tennis and golf—not having team loyalty—depend on rivalry, on recognition, on stars. And in the last match of the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, it has all three.

“This is a blockbuster,” said Howard Fendrich, the tennis writer for the Associated Press.



This is the 42nd match between Djokovic, 28, in his prime, and Federer, 34, who seemingly never has been out of his prime. And if 41 previous meetings, with Federer having won 21 of those, doesn’t count as a rivalry, then the word needs to be redefined.

“It’s a dream match,” said Bill Dwyre, the Los Angeles Times columnist, “because of the way Federer has raised his game to a higher level the last few m...
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