London: Roger Federer surprised himself by bringing Novak Djokovic&rsquo;s long winning run to an end at the ATP World Tour Finals.
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<img title="Roger Federer" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/nov/19federer.jpg" alt="Roger Federer" /> Roger Federer celebrates winning a point against Novak Djokovic. Pic/Getty Images
The 7-5, 6-2 loss on Tuesday was Djokovic&rsquo;s first in 24 matches dating back to a loss to Federer in Cincinnati in August while he had not been beaten indoors since 2012, a streak of 38 matches.
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Federer, who qualified for the semi-finals, said: &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t have picked it maybe before the tournament, just because of his really good record indoors, the year he&rsquo;s had, especially with the run he&rsquo;s been on. &ldquo;I focused more on beating (Tomas) Berdych and (Kei) Nishikori and let&rsquo;s see what happens against Novak. That shows me that I didn&rsquo;t expect this victory. But then again, all day I felt good about my chances. It was clear in my head how I wanted to play.
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&ldquo;At the end it was not that surprising because I was playing really well and he dropped his level towards the end.&rdquo;
Unusual of Federer It is unusual to hear Federer, one of the most confident sportspeople around, talk about not expecting to win, and he said the round-robin format gave him the freedom to be the underdog.
He said: &ldquo;This one&rsquo;s different because I don&rsquo;t have to win, so why put extra pressure on yourself? It&rsquo;s not a final.
&ldquo;I think that&rsquo;s why I could really have that approach to just say, &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s see what happens&rsquo;. Just go out there, try a few things. If you don&rsquo;t feel like it, you don&rsquo;t feel like it. If you feel like it, do it.&rdquo;

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