Rogers Cup is Novak's

In a thrilling three-set final, world number one Roger Federer was unable to defend his title at the Canada Masters Series in Montreal as he lost to Novak Djokovic 6-7(4) 6-2 6-7(2) for the first time in six meetings. Federer simply couldn't capitalize on several set point chances in the first set which he eventually lost in a tiebreak. He bounced back however in the second set as he broke Djokovic's serve twice. The brand new world number three however rediscovered his serve and brilliant groundstrokes in the third set as he fought off Federer and eventually prevailed in another tiebreak, 7-2.

Looking back, had Federer won the first set when he was up 6-5 he would have won the match and the championship outright. It's just too bad. This would have been Federer's 50th career singles title and would have been his first in the Montreal edition of the Rogers Cup. But then the 20-year old from Serbia (and not, ahem, Croatia) was a worthy champion in this tournament having claimed the scalps of the number two and three seeds Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick on his way to a second Masters Series title victory and a fourth title this year.
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