Okay, I retract what I wrote yesterday — tonight’s match between Safin and Federer was so awesome, it made up for every single not-so-cool match of the Open, and for last year’s final too. ’Twas an epic four-hour battle of wicked volleys, enormous serves, and even random blurts of Russian! And despite losing, Federer made it oh so very clear why he deserves to be the world number one.