Novak seems to have gone to sleep for this set.
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Djokovic's serve has been nowhere near good enough
Novak suddenly playing like its 2017
I do wonder if Djokovic’s elbow is acting up again, his serve is way too inconsistent this match.
Novak stop being a bum
Aged well.
IF Djokovic is doing a mini tank to conserve energy in this set, I wonder would he be better off just keeping Federer out there as long as possible. He, presumably, has much more in the tank for a long match than Federer, so even if he can't win this set, it might make Federer less likely to win the next two
Fed’s forehand decides to take a holiday after Nadal.
Hold you tit.
What the hell is Djokovic doing? 
I’d really like to see Federer go back to the serve and volley more.
Tit holds and close to breaking for the third time and 1-1
That shot there by Fed
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.Wow is that the fastest Djokovic ever went on to the next point?
Ljubičić v Ivanišević, the battle of titans.
Dangerous against a great passer like Novak. He has to pick and choose his moments or Novak will eat him alive.
Do tennis players just throw games in those situations? Just say "feck it, no point wasting energy chasing an almost certain lost cause" and move on.
Strategic tank by Djokovic.
Wow, double faulted out the set. Game on! Fed's standard has not dropped, can Novak step back up?
Still think Novak will win this, but it's a game now.
Fed needs to maintain his concentration at the start of the third. Has to hold his serve as Novak will be quite different at the start. No way he continues his 2nd set form.
Yeah they definitely do. Well everyone except Nadal. He will still give 500% 0-40 and 0-5 down.
He can and will. Fed needs to keep his concentration.
Even Nadal in such a situation wouldn't necessarily give up, but he'd be way more aggressive than he usually is in order to end the point quickly.
People waving at the screen instead of the camera. It will never stop irking me.
They should get these lines men for football matches.
Federer has a coach. What can he coach him about that he doesn’t already know? He’s the GOAT.
Feels like there have been a lot of double faults.
I stepped away at the set change. What are they talking about with regards to Novak’s trainer?
There’s always something new to learn. It’s like chess, the one observing tend to see more, even if his skill isn’t higher.
Stefan Edberg for instance asked Fed to work on his backhand as soon as he came in. Results weren’t instant but it culminated in his new backhand that overcome Nadal in 2017 AO.
Momentum on Fed's side still. Though you never know with Novak.
this bitch is so bad for the heart. the fecking dropshots.
Fed know one slip and the momentum could change so I doubt he will take his foot off the accelerator.
These bloody unforced errors
Hrmm, 9 double faults, that's a lot.
The question is whether Djokovic will continue to serve as badly? If he starts holding his serve with ease Fed will be in trouble, because his inevitably calamitous service game will come.
Lot of double faults.. he looks a bit hurt, though his body language always drops when his play does.
Well even if he is, it doesn’t seem to affect his groundstrokes.