It’s Rogerland! Federer looks really inspired in his quest to conquer the 5th title in Dubai.
The world nr.3 had a tough draw. 1st round LLodra, 2nd Lopez, 3rd possibly Fish etc… But he is too much worried about that.
The tournament started with an inspired 6-0 ‘It’s always great to start off a tournament winning the first set 6-0. I don’t know when that’s the last time it’s happened to me,’ he said.
Then LLodra started to find a good rythm to bring the Swiss to a very close decider. Eventually a not-really-perfect drop shot by the Frenchman gave to Federer the ball to close the match (with a surgical back hand). 7-6 (6)