Federer too experienced

Roger Federer is the world's top-ranked player, having won 23 tournaments since the beginning of 2004, while Marcos Baghdatis has never won a single tournament on the ATP Tour. Experienced should prove to be a factor in Sunday's Men's final.

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Roger Federer is the world's top-ranked player, having won 23 tournaments since the beginning of 2004, while Marcos Baghdatis has never won a single tournament on the ATP Tour. Experienced should prove to be a factor in Sunday's Men's final.
Federer , who enjoys a 6-0 record in Grand Slam finals, is an overwhelming favorite to take out fan favorite Baghdatis.
"Everybody's talking about the young guns coming up and not really about Marcos,"Said an anxious Federer. "Thank God I've played him three times, it makes me relax a little bit."
Despite anxious words, Federer has won all three matches against Baghdatis, including a straight-sets victory two weeks ago while the Swiss player was defending his Qatar title. They also met in the U.S. Open"s second round in 2004, where Federer won in straight sets, and in the fourth round here last year, where Federer needed four sets to win.
The bad news for the World number one comes from his earlier performances. The Swiss struggled during his matches against Tommy Haas, Nikolay Davydenko, and Nicolas Kiefer, while Baghdatis became everyone's problem in his half as he upset No. 2 Andy Roddick in the fourth round and No. 4 David Nalbandian in Thursday's semifinals in a five-setter.
The positive signs for Baghdatis is that he has proven to have the mental toughness to beat the best.
However, The 20-year-old had five-set encounters against Radek Stepanek, Ivan Ljubicic, and David Nalbandian and doesn't have the experience of a grand slam final.
For now, Baghdatis is enjoying the ride and remains focus:
"Everything was going in, I was just in my own world I think," Baghdatis said after his 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Nalbandian.
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