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TEWhen Federer Loses Control Vs Del Potro
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Roger Federer walked into his home arena in Basel as the overwhelming favorite, but del Potro brought back all the ghosts of the 2012 and 2013 finals. Federer started brilliantly, breaking early and carving the court with sharp attacking play, yet a few loose errors and softer backhands let del Potro’s forehand heat up, and suddenly the set slipped into a tiebreak that the Argentine stole with fearless serving and heavy winners. For a moment, Federer looked like he had lost control of his own script: the crowd grew tense, del Potro was swinging freely, and Federer’s patterns fed too many balls into the forehand that had tormented him for years. But in the second set he recalibrated, driving the ball deeper, pinning del Potro’s backhand, and using variation to reclaim the baseline and the crowd, earning a single, precious break to level the match. At the start of the third, the story threatened to flip again as Federer dropped serve, rushed and a little tight, giving del Potro first strike and the scoreboard edge. Instead of panicking, Federer broke straight back, then slowly tightened the noose with smarter returns and relentless depth, turning defense into offense until del Potro’s resistance cracked and the hometown hero closed it out 6‑7, 6‑4, 6‑3 for his 8th Basel crown.
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