Novak Djokovic has made a living out of being a heavy favorite in matches like these against some of the top men's tennis players in the world. He'll have a shot to win his third Grand Slam title of the year and his tenth in his career on Sunday against Roger Federer at the U.S. Open men's final.
ODDS ANALYSIS
Djokovic is -140 favorite here at the U.S. Open final, and for good reason. He has stormed through this tourney with ease, dropping just two sets along the way, and he hardly had to break a sweat against Marin Cilic in the semifinal in a 6-0, 6-1, 6-2 result.
Federer is the underdog in this one even though he was a relatively easy victor against Stanislav Wawrinka in what could have been a much tougher semifinal. Even though Federer is on the backside of his career, he has gone through the entire U.S. Open without dropping a set, and he has won 28 sets in a row, one of the longest stretches of his entire career.
FED STILL SERVING STRONG
One. That's it. That's the number of games which Federer has lost on his first serve here at the U.S. Open, which is going to make it quite difficult for Djokovic to get the job done. History will tell you that the Serb is going to make life a living hell on Federer in this match when he is serving, but it's incredibly tough to envision the Swiss man just falling off completely.
Federer is knocking a ton of winners as well, over 45 of them three times in six matches leading up to this point. An average of over 15 winners per set is borderline insane, especially when you consider how many sets are lasting less than 10 games.
KEEPING CLEAN THE KEY FOR DJOKOVIC
Djokovic is generally one of the cleanest players on the ATP Tour from a standpoint of unforced errors. Here in the U.S. Open, he has averaged 20.7 unforced errors per match, which is high by his own standards. He had just 13 unforced errors in the semifinal against Cilic, a big reason why that match was just so darn easy for him.
Djokovic has also had just a total of eight double faults in the six matches played here in Flushing, and he's going to want to avoid much more than just one or two doubles in this one, particularly knowing that there aren't going to be all that many break chances here against Federer.
ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION
We get the feeling that this one is going to be a classic. With the way that Federer is serving and the way that Djokovic has dominated in this series, it's really easy to see this one lasting deep into the night on Sunday at Arthur Ashe.
These two played against each other in Cincinnati last week, a match which Federer won 7-6 (7-1), 6-3, but the last time these two met in a Grand Slam event, Djokovic won the Wimbledon final 7-6 (7-1), 6-7 (10-12), 6-4, 6-3 in a tremendous display by both men.
It's clear if Federer is going to win another major, this is the one he really has to win. He has been playing out of this world for the time being, and though the hard courts are really Djokovic's domain, this could be the day that the Swiss master finally gets his 18th Grand Slam title, his first since Wimbledon in 2012.
Play Roger Federer to win the U.S. Open 6-4, 6-7, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
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