I am really looking forward to the match.
It's just not the same for me without Federer though
He will be back, he has hardly lost his ability, he won the Australian Open this year. Everyone has bad patches.
Nadal technically was also a defending champion, since he couldn't defend in 2009. He won the match in straight sets against Berdych. 8 singles grand slam titles. Roger Federer will probably never become no.1 again, and only 1 week short of breaking the longest no.1 record held by Sampras...