Kevin Anderson reveals regrets on losses to Federer and Djokovic

Kevin Anderson lost in straight sets both to Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. The South African thinks he could have done better in one aspect: hitting more first serves. “Obviously, he (Djokovic) has an unbelievable read on the serve, makes a lot of returns. I needed to have done a better job of serving at a higher percentage today (Saturday). Missing a few too many serves. More importantly, my second serve effectiveness and winning percentage were way too low today. Low against Federer, as well,” said Anderson. “Far below what I've been able to achieve this year and over my career, as well. That's something we're going to have to look at and figure out what was going on there. I don't think he missed too many second serve returns either. I felt like I was being aggressive on some of them. It's pretty tough because then you get in sort of baseline exchanges. I knew to go into the match I needed to have been comfortable in those. I have been in the past. But just the way I was feeling today, a step slow, just made things very, very difficult.” About Djokovic, Anderson added: “I've played him quite a few times. Earlier this year: Can he regain some of the forms he's had over the last few years? My response was it would be very tough because he set the bar so high. It only seems like these last few weeks, he's back at his best. You have to ask him how he feels. It would be really interesting to hear his perspective on how he feels. From an outside perspective, it's remarkable what he's done since Wimbledon, the tennis he's playing, some of the stats.” “I can't imagine he was more dominant on serve even in his best years than he has been especially these last few months. This week has been really impressive. I don't think he's been broken this week. It seems like he's definitely right back playing some of the best tennis of his career. It certainly seems that way. His results only would suggest that, as well.”

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