For a long time now, some smart people have been saying that if Roger Federer is going to win another major – an unprecedented 18th Grand Slam title – he’ll need some help in the form of upsets, walkovers, or withdrawals that take one or more of his Big Four peers out of the picture.
This match was barely an hour old when Federer broke Raonic’s massive serve for a second time, which is the same number of times that beast had been tamed in the entire tournament thus far. By that point, Federer already had the lead, and he would go on to close out Raonic, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4…
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