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In his first-round match Monday night, Federer hit nearly the exact same shot. Sure, it wasn't as big a moment as last year, but it may have been a more impressive stroke. Unlike Djokovic, Federer's opponent this time, Brian Dabul, was not at the net but at the baseline. And Federer was much farther behind his own baseline than he was for last year's shot.
After his straight-set victory, Federer was asked about the shot. "In terms of difficulty, maybe this one was harder, because I had the feeling I had to run a longer distance and I was further back somehow,'' he said. "I had to really give the last big push at the end. I didn't have time to set it up."
Perhaps we'll see more of these from Federer in the course of the Open, though it's worth pointing out that the shot doesn't always work. In 2005, he employed it in a crucial moment of his semifinal against Marat Safin; the shot didn't cross the net, and Safin went on to win the match and the tournament.
Still, Federer has a knack for making this sort of trickery look almost easy.
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