Roger Federer vs. Novak Djokovic: Score and Recap from 2014 Indian Wells Final

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Published: March 16, 2014

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World No. 2 Novak Djokovic fought from behind to win his third title at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Sunday, defeating Roger Federer in three sets, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3).    

ESPN Tennis on Twitter announced the result: 



The win marks Djokovic's first title of 2014 and snaps Federer's 11-match winning streak. 

The New York Times' Ben Rothenberg points out how just how close Sunday's match was: 



A four-time champion at Indian Wells, Federer came out fast and furious, smoking forehands and answering everything Djokovic threw at him. 

But Djokovic was well aware of the threat Federer posed ahead of Sunday's final, per Sports Illustrated's Courtney Nguyen:

He didn’t have a great 2013 by his standards. This year he’s playing like he played for most of his career, and on a very high level. He played great in Dubai. We had a tough, interesting match in the semifinals. Whenever we play each other, it’s always a huge challenge for both of us, and very few points can decide the winner.

After opening up the set with an easy service hold, Federer broke Djokovic before pulling ahead 3-0 just minutes into the match. The Serb would recover in his second service game, finally getting on the board, but it was too late as Federer didn't surrender a single break-point chance to Djokovic in the first set, per tennis analyst Brad Gilbert on Twitter:



The Swiss maestro closed out the opening frame 6-3 to push Djokovic to the brink:



Sensing that time was running out, Djokovic turned up the intensity in the second set, breaking Federer after the all-important seventh game to go ahead 5-3. He would serve out the set to force a deciding set. 

Djokovic would earn an early break in the third set to quickly pull ahead but Federer would r...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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