Roger Federer starts the clay court season with a bang.
The world no.2 was in perRFect form against the Jeremy Chardy to concede just 3 games. Roger was always on top to break his opponent 5 times and win the match 6-2 6-1 in just 55 minutes. Match Stats.
Federer: I felt good on return
According to the Maestro the big difference was on Chardy’s service game “I thought Jeremy didn’t serve very well, and I felt good on the return. So I was in a lot of the service games when he was serving. Then I thought I served well, had a high first serve percentage and was able to control the baseline. On clay, things move ahead very quickly, I must say.”
Next vs. Monfils
Roger will play another Frenchman in the next round (Gael Monfils). Head to head is 8-3 for the Maestro.
Roger commented “Gaël is such a player. He has capacities that other players don’t have, physically, also because of his power on the forehand and the backhand. It is a real challenge to play him. Often the problem is not on your own racquet against him.”
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