TENNIS in DEPTH.

How hard do you work to maintain your incredible form? Federer was asked. “All I do is take care of the kids,” he replied, as relaxed as it possible to be on the verge of a 16th grand-slam title.

“I know Andy would like to win the first title for British tennis in what is it, 150,000 years?” Federer added. “Andy, the poor guy, has to go through those moments over and over again but he has done tremendously. I’m looking forward to a great final, we match up well together. I will play the way I usually always play, aggressively. Andy, if you are listening, I’l drop shot, you will slice to my backhand, I’ll lob and you will play through your legs,” a reference to the shot of the tournament in the semi final.

If Federer is in synch on Sunday as he was in his demolition of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, it will take more than the hopes and prayers of the nation to see the British No 1 home. This was Federer at his imperious best, a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 triumph in an hour and 28 minutes, less than half the time it took Murray to see off Marin Cilic of Croatia on Thursday.

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