Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic: Score, Reaction from Dubai Duty Free Final 2015

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Published: February 28, 2015

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After crashing out early at the Australian Open, Roger Federer scored his first huge win of 2015 on Saturday, defeating world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final of the Dubai Duty Free tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion was fantastic in a 6-3, 7-5 straight-sets victory, which netted him the 84th ATP singles title of his illustrious career, according to ESPN Tennis on Twitter:



In addition, this marks the seventh time Fed has taken the Dubai championship. Per ATPWorldTour.com, the Swiss star didn't necessarily expect to fare so well entering the final after taking some time off:

Clearly Dubai is a very important tournament for me, but I am coming from an over-two week vacation, so I'm positively surprised how well I'm actually playing right away. Reminds me a bit of Shanghai last year when I took two weeks off and I came back and won. So maybe I should go on vacation a bit more often. I think from that side I'm very excited that it's going so well, and I know the final is going to be a whole lot tougher.

Federer didn't miss a beat and certainly wasn't rusty despite the break. He and Djoker have been evenly matched over the years, but there was no question Fed was the better player Saturday.

Matt Zemek of Bloguin noted that Federer's fresh legs were likely why he was able to handle Djokovic so easily:

Interestingly, Federer's victory continued a long-running trend of the two elite stars trading wins, according to TennisTV on Twitter:



While beating one of his top rivals and winning the tournament were likely Federer's top goals Saturday, he also made some history in the process.

Per Josh Meiseles of ATPWorldTour.com, Fed became just the fourth player in ATP history to record 9,000 career aces:



Federer registered an impressive 12 aces to just one for Djokovic and also won 80 percent of...
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