This is not the end. This is the Roger renaissance.
In the Wall Street Journal: In Defeat, A Vintage Federer Appears
And we’re not being crazy fans. Did you see the final?* He lost the match, but the beautiful strokes are back.
Which is not to disparage Djokovic. He deserved the victory. (Obviously we will no longer depend on The Fed for our victory fix, just for the tennis.)
Where Federer always wins: The writing on Federer is far superior to the writing on any other player.
* We had decided not to watch the final because our nerves have had enough exercise. Besides, we don’t have cable in the house. We dropped by Juan’s house to get a look at the first set, but FoxSports on Destiny Cable was on some kind of loop last Sunday at 2130, and after we had seen the same report on Neymar’s injury thrice we went home.