Legendary Roger Federer has revealed the Grand Slam loss that haunts him more than the 2019 Wimbledon final defeat to Novak Djokovic. The Swiss Maestro had a match point against the Serb but couldn’t convert it, and Djokovic bounced back strongly.
Eventually, Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the final, 7–6 (7–5), 1–6, 7–6 (7–4), 4–6, 13–12 (7–3) to win the men’s singles title at the 2019 Wimbledon.
Meanwhile, Federer won 20 Grand Slam titles in his glorious career and shared a great rivalry with Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
Federer told ESPN, “I mean, it would have been obviously amazing, I guess, in 19 the final with Novak would have been special because that would have been back-to-back Rafa and Novak.
“You know, I was 38 at the time, I don’t know, but like I had an amazing run. I played great, played great in the finals, but thankfully, I don’t know that… Maybe because I beat Rafa in the semis and I played actually really good in the finals as well. I didn’t have any regrets after because I was close. I know maybe it haunts some other people, but for me, I don’t know. I feel like I was able to move on more.”
Federer picked the 2009 US Open final loss to Juan del Potro as one of the worst Slam final losses of his career. The Argentine defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final, 3–6, 7–6 (7–5), 4–6, 7–6 (7–4), 6–2 to win the New York Major.
“I think the US Open finals here in 09 against Delpo sort of haunts me more, because it broke an incredible streak of five [in a row], and I knew I was never gonna get that back, and I felt I missed out so many chances throughout the match, and that one is a big regret that I have.
The former flamboyant player also picked the 2008 Wimbledon final loss against Rafael Nadal as the other worst loss of his career.
“And then maybe the Wimbledon final against Rafa in 08 as well, which also snapped the super streak, you know?
“So actually, funny enough, I have more regrets against Rafa and Delpo than I have with the Novak matches because I think I also have two matches here where I have match points. But look, I’m the king of missing match points, it seems like. I don’t know what happened in those match points.”
