Roger Federer enchants his own fans with another great performance.
The world no.2 played at his very best against world no. 51 Gilles Muller to concede just 3 games. Roger was in “Maestro mode” : the Swiss started to give some tennis lessons from the 5th game of the first set to win 9 consecutive games and finally seal the match with a telling 6-2 6-1. The match lasted just 47 minutes!
Some numbers
Roger own 53 points vs. Muller’s 23. the Maestro lost just 4 points in his service games (!!!) and he broke Muller 4 times on 5 breaking points (finally a good conversion!). Match Stats
Roger: I am very happy with this first round
Federer was elated by his opener also comparing him with his first round in Shanghai “I am very happy with how the first round went here. It was totally different to Shanghai, when I saved five match points. This time around, I was really in control from the get-go. I hope I can keep this level up.”
Next vs. Istomin
Roger will play Istomin for a place in the quarters. Head to head is 5-0 for the Maestro that is widely expected to reach the final 8… and more.