Roger Federer is more and more the King of Grass!
The world no.2 wins an inspiring tournament in Halle (his 8th) to confirm his ambitions for Wimbledon.
After a couple of tough encounters during the tournaments, Roger was meant to play the “weakest” opponent in the final. Andreas Seppi is a good player especially on hard courts, but his tennis is nothing special on grass. The Italian reached the final after Monfils and Nishikori retired against him in the quarters and the semifinals, so it was a bit “strange” for him to be in this final.
Federer didn’t play his best tennis against Seppi. Roger wasn’t as aggressive as he normally his and he couldn’t return really well (and Andreas doesn’t possess a great serve), but eventually the Swiss was still too much to win 7-6 (1) 6-4. Match Stats.
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Federer. I played well the breaker
Roger was very happy for his week “I think that I did very well here in the tie-breaks. I served well which you have to on the grass. I was able to mix it up, so I created a good pattern going into the tie-break. My opponent wouldn’t quite know where it’s going to go and if he knew where it was going to go it was going to be tough for him to defend. I think I did a really nice job this week on these situations.
I think one big secret on grass is when to hit which shot and playing the score the right way. You might be playing perfect but then in one moment you take a bad decision and grass makes you pay for it all. So, this week has been great if I look at the whole thing. I don’t think I got broken anymore the last four matches I played. The first match was extremely close but I won all the tie-breaks this week, which gives obviously big confidence knowing that in the crucial moments my game was right there.”
Roger will now rest a bit to prepare the assault to his 8th Wimbledon.
Game on!
| KING OF GRASS… |
