2015 Wimbledon Men's Final Preview

Men's Semifinal Scores:
(1) Novak Djokovic d. (21) Richard Gasquet 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-4
(2) Roger Federer d. (3) Andy Murray 7-5, 7-5, 6-4

Men's Final Preview:
Djokovic and Federer will meet for the 40th time on Sunday, with Federer holding a slim 20-19 lead all-time. They've met three times this year. Federer scored a victory in the finals in Dubai. Djokovic scored wins in the finals in Rome and Indian Wells.

This is their third career meeting at Wimbledon. They split their previous two meetings. "FedEx" won the 2012 semifinal 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Djokovic avenged that defeat in a thrilling 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4 win.

Djokovic is a two time champion (2011, 2014). Federer is a seven time champion (2003-2007, 09, 12)

Djokovic has an opportunity to wipe the sour taste from his mouth from last month's French Open final loss with a win over Federer. In last year's matchup, the key was winning the third set. Although he got a bit tight in the fourth set, he was able to regroup on a fatiguing Federer in the fifth set. On Sunday, he will need to repeat this performance again.

He needs to make the match as physical as he can and make the rallies as long as possible. His next tournament won't probably be until the Rogers Cup next month, so he'll have a good four weeks to rest.

Djokovic will want to keep playing an aggressive and attacking style of tennis and will approach the net to keep Federer off-balance.

If Federer is on with his serve, will Djokovic try to give Federer different looks with the return? This was something Murray didn't seem to do enough of throughout the match.

For Federer, he's playing outstanding tennis and has only dropped one set en route to the final. He's clicking on all cylinders at this point. His serving against Murray was incredible. Federer, who had 20 aces in the semifinal win, used the serve to get cheap points. Murray only had one break opportunity during the match.

Can Federer continue the hot serving against arguably the best returner in history of tennis?

Along with the serve, he needs to avoid the long rallies with Djokovic and try to shorten the points as quickly as possible. However, with Boris Becker as coach, who was a serve and volleying whiz, Djokovic will practice executing the passing shots.

He also needs to do a better job on the return and get to Federer's serve. Djokovic's serve is solid, but not great. You can expect to see Federer attack his second serve and to come in on approach shots.