Roger Federer is about to face Tennys Sandgren for the first time in his career in the quarterfinal of the Australian Open. The Swiss came through from a couple of interesting matches in the previous 2 rounds. In the 3rd, he survived John Millman in a thrilling match while in the following contest, he recovered from 1 set-down against Marton Fucsovic.
When asked about his upcoming opponent, Roger commented: “I wonder why he’s not ranked higher, to be honest. Every time I see him play, I feel like he plays very well. He’s got a lot of stuff in his game that he’s deserving of being higher.
I’m looking forward to that match because I have seen him play a lot but never played him. It was impressive how he was competing and I’m looking forward to a tough one.”
H2H. Roger Federer vs Tennys Sandgren | Australian Open prediction, odds, preview, pick
Then Roger added: “I like how he moves. Very explosive. He has a nice first serve as well. He can counter-punch, but also likes to go on the attack. It reminds me a little bit of the olden days, when you would do the transition game very good and very quickly. I feel like that’s what I’ve seen a lot of him doing very well.”
PREDICTION, H2H. Federer vs. Sandgren
Currently ranked no.3, Roger has a 4-0 win-loss record in 2020. The Swiss is currently competing at the Australian Open where he bested Steve Johnson 6-3 6-2 6-2, Filip Krajinovic 6-1 6-4 6-1, John Millman 4-6 7-62 6-4 4-6 7-68 and Marton Fucsovics 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2.
The Swiss won 103 titles in his career: 47 on hard courts, 11 on clay courts, 21 on indoor courts, 5 on carpet courts and 19 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
At the moment ranked no.100, the American has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020. Tennys is now competing at the Australian Open where he toppled Marco Trungelliti 6-1 6-4 7-5, Matteo Berrettini 7-67 6-4 4-6 2-6 7-5, Sam Querrey 6-4 6-4 6-4 and Fabio Fognini 7-65 7-5 6-72 6-4.
Roger Federer and Tennys Sandgren have never played each other. The prediction is Federer in 3 sets.
