Or as Federer said about the end of the match,"The air gets so incredibly thin. And you know that any overhitting, too much risk, or just handing over a point at this moment will cost you dearly. It's a very, very tight balance you have to choose there".Maybe because of ego. Because athletes constantly want to prove they're still relevant.
The tests are both exhilarating and yet a weight because champions, by virtue of their standing, are assumed to have the answers, to every question, on good days and off days, against rivals who incredibly find their best selves against them. And it's this search — as happened with Federer on Friday — for solutions, to try and fail and stumble and invent over four hours, which is why people come. To watch a champion resist is, well, irresistible.Because he still can.
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