In Federer's favor may be the toughschedule of his opponent, who had to fly from Marseille where he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in Sunday's final.
Wigan still needs to navigate a toughschedule to close out the season with matches against Manchester City (away), Tottenham Hotspur (home), and Arsenal (away), but it appears things are looking up a bit for them.