Good start for King Roger that sails past the Spaniard qualifier in 3 smooth sets.
Federer had a very fast beginning of the match to lead 5-0 in less than 20 minutes. At that point we were wondering if that would lead to a triple bagel, but fortunately the Spaniard gave a bit of a match.
Roger after the match said it was happy to win because that could have been a tricky match. “I thought it was a good match for me,”
“He’s played many matches and won a lot this year. That really helps your confidence. And he’s played a lot of matches on clay, in comparison with me. I knew it could be tricky if I didn’t sustain a certain level of play and certain aggressiveness, got caught up in long rallies, maybe what he was looking for. Overall, I thought I did well on the serve, on the return, movement wise, as well. So clearly I’m very pleased.”
Next vs. Devvarman
Roger will play the next match against the Indian qualifier Somdev Devvarman that is ranked 188.
