Roger Federer probably does not sweat, because that would be a sign of fatigue, which against Cameron Norrie does not seem to be there. He seems to live the match as a sort of boredom, to get to the ones that will then have to engage him. Federer’s gaze is always a focus on the court; it might seem an obvious observation but only some manage to maintain this kind of attention for every point.
He lost the third set but Federer’s attitude hasn’t changed except for some minimal signs of annoyance. His tennis is not physical and in the fourth set at the beginning he seems to pay for this limitation, consequently he reduces the number of exchanges. Norrie understands and starts playing conservatively instead to lengthen them.
Norrie shows his toughness when after having suffered the break on 2-2, the next game he immediately recovers bringing the score back to 3-3. On the 40 for all the next game he pays the tension with a double fault, but still manages to win the game in two points.
Finally, Federer shows himself to be human when on 4 even he goes to 40-15 and for the first time he cheers at the end of the point won.
He wins 6-4, last game really nice points. In the interview Federer shows himself happy and this must give us an idea of how much stress he held back and did not show us during the match.
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