That was a great final! Everybody was curious to see how Baby Federer would act in his first ATP final against a top player, and well.. that was great.
In the first set Dimitrov had an inspiring start to lead 4-1 in no time with a very aggressive tennis. Then Andy saved a set point with an ace when he was 5-6 down to then break Dimitrov and win the tiebreak at 0!
The young Bulgarian was also leading 4-3 and a break up in the second set to lose 3 straight games (and two service games) waste his lead and lose the second set 6-4.
From Murray
“I got off to not the best start and he was playing very aggressive, and by the end of the first set I had turned the tables and I was the one make him do a lot of running,” he said. “It’s a change of mentality really, and that doesn’t happen in a few weeks. It’s taken time to believe that that’s the right thing to do, to be aggressive.
“That at was what I worked on in December, and I worked on it for the majority of last year as well. Did it well today.”
From Dimitrov
“I was up a break and I was actually not playing bad tennis at all I thought,” the No. 48-ranked Dimitrov said. “He’s one of the best returners in the game by far. He picked up couple of my serves on big points, so that gave him extra confidence. Then he stepped up with his serve.
“He’s a top guy, so he has his rhythm, his routine on court. When he has to play good, he plays good. So I didn’t feel that I was far from winning the set or even the match, but still that was a little margin that he got covered.”
Murray won the final and the title, but now Dimitrov knows he can make it… everybody is advised…
