I think Djok just didn't play well. God mode Fed was the best ever, but Fed was just good today and not great. I don't know if the god mode Fed exists anymore.
Andy Murray obviously faces a ton of pressure every time he takes the court at Wimbledon, but Sunday's final is going to be on another level. If he doesn't win it now, when will he? He's not so much younger than Federer, Nadal and Djokovic (Djoker is actually a week younger) that he can simply wait until they all ride off into the sunset and his defensive style of play gets tougher to win with as you get older and your body begins to break down more easily. Maybe I'm projecting too much, but he surely doesn't seem the type that can get by later in his career on mental fortitude and guile given his somewhat deserved reputation as a headcase. He also got the "easiest" draw of the top three in the final this year, but being that we're talking about Federer on grass, it's difficult to categorize that as easy no matter what qualifiers I put on it. I'm torn about the final. On one hand, I think it would be neat to see Murray finally break through, at Wimbledon no less. On the other hand, I'd also like to see Federer get back to number one. With all that he has accomplished in his career, I think he badly wants to prove that he can claw his way back to number one after having that spot taken from him by not one, but two different guys.
As cool as it would have been to see Murray win Wimbledon, it was nice to see Federer make his way back to the top. He was clearly overcome with emotion after the last point and rightfully so. There were a lot of people out there that figured he was done being a Grand Slam champion and even more that didn't think he had any chance to get back to number one. I was happy to see him prove all those doubters wrong.
He's number 1 again but I can't see anyone beating Djoko on hard courts any time soon. For a while I thought Del Potro would be the next big thing, but that doesn't seem likely anymore.
Your point about DelPo is a good one. Before he ended up having to take off what amounts to a full year and then some because of his wrist injury, it looked like he was going to be what Djokovic is now, the guy that broke up the duopoly of Federer and Nadal. Now, he's by all accounts completely back to 100%, but he just hasn't quite gotten back to that same level.
It's too hard to be a dominant singles player when you get to be over 6 3. Maybe he can find a good doubles partner.
I don't doubt that he would be a good doubles player, but I don't think he's at the point that he has to start thinking about extending his career as a doubles specialist. He's still a top ten singles player that has to be taken seriously, particularly on hard courts.
