A good start of the tournament for Roger Federer that struggled a bit just at the end of the match when he wasn’t unable to grab the win when he was serving on a 5-4 score-line (2nd set).
The first set was rather smooth for the Maestro that broke the Frenchman in the very first game to win the opener 6-2 (the second break was in the 7th game).
The second set was a bit more complicated as Roger broke Paul-Henri in the 7th game (4-3), but then he was unable to hold serve when he was 5-4 up. The couple went to a tight tiebreak that Roger won at 5.
The big difference between Federer and Mathieu was in the service games. Roger fired 9 aces (1 double fault), Paul-Henri committed 7 double faults (1 ace). Finally Roger was rather effective in break points conversion (3 out of 5). Match Stats
Next vs. Tursunov
Roger will play world no.30 Dmitry Tursunov in the 3rd round. Head to head is 3-0 for Roger.
