The win consolidated Djokovic's position as the No. 1-ranked player in the world, while Federer and Murray will be second and third when the ATP rankings are released Monday.
Their last two matches in Grand Slams – Murray's five-set win at last year's U.S. Open and Djokovic's victory here last year in five in the semi-finals – had a total of 35 service breaks.
It was a vastly different, more tactical battle on Sunday, with the first two tight sets decided in tiebreakers.
“All our matches in last three years have been decided in a very few points, so it's really hard to say if I've done anything different,” Djokovic said. “I tried to be more aggressive. So I went for my shots, especially in the third and fourth; came to the net quite often. I was quite successful in that percentage, so it worked well for me.”
Murray, who called for a trainer to retape blisters on his right foot at the end of the second set, was visibly annoyed by noise from the crowd during his service games in the third set, stopping his service motion twice until the crowd quieted down. After dropping the third set, he complained about the noise to chair umpire John Blom.
“It's just a bit sore when you're running around,” Murray said. “It's not like pulling a calf muscle or something. It just hurts when you run.”
