Despite a first service woes for Fed, a very even first set, but then Nick takes the subsequent breaker going away, 7-2. Let's face it, if time has any meaning, Kyrgios playing as well as he is should win this match.
2nd set: Nick starts the set oozing confidence, a little brash even, and then Roger breaks him, 2-1. There's a moral to the story in there somewhere....Roger gets a second break, 5-2 with Nick trying to figure out what happened all of a sudden....no resistance from Nick, 6-2.
3rd set: Nick goes back to minding his p's and q's, 3 all....one of those tie breakers that seemed inevitable, the sort that Nick loses against Fed....and once again Roger pulls the rabbit out of the hat. Nick went off to a 2-0 lead and then Roger just ever so incrementally fought back finally taking the breaker, 7-5.
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.