Another great match from the Maestro that conceded only 5 games to his opponent in 1 hour and 21 minutes.
Roger fired 36 winners to commit 20 unforced errors. The Swiss broke the Frenchman 6 times (on 14 attempts) to never drop his serve. Match Stats.
From Roger…
Soon after the match Roger commented “There’s always a lot of pressure coming out here on this court to perform, because you never know if you’re going to play well. Tonight was one of those nights.”
… about his variations…
“I think I was able to really use my serve well. Because it was breezy tonight again, I used the wind a bit better and I had more variation than him, which gave me more margin in my game,” he added
… an being injury free
Finally the Maestro expressed to Jim Courier his happiness about not being injured “I’m not scared of getting injured anymore. I’m happy to take full flight and chase every ball, which is key if you want to win this tournament.”
Next vs. Robredo
Roger will play another veteran, Tommy Robredo, that has defeated Daniel Evans 7-6 (6) 6-1 4-6 7-5. Head to head is 10-0 for Roger.
