Another solid performance from Roger as he swept past Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-5 6-4 in 86 minutes to make his 9th Basel final. After looking far better in his match against Paire, Roger continued in similar form today, serving fairly well and never really looking troubled by Mathieu. With Fed leading the H2H 5-0 it was always going to be an ... Read More »
Hey everyone, well somewhat back to normality with Roger as he dimissed Benoit Paire 6-2 6-2 in just 54 minutes to move into the semi finals where he’ll face Paul-Henri Mathieu. It was easily Roger’s best match of the week, breaking twice in each set and not facing a single break point on his own serve. He served a lot ... Read More »
Hey everyone, feels like I’ve been writing this for the last however many matches but this was yet again another sloppy performance from Roger as he edged past Thomaz Bellucci 6-3 6-7(6) 7-5 in Basel. It wasn’t until late last night that we knew Bellucci would be Roger’s opponent after he beat Ge Soeda in 3 sets depsite being a ... Read More »
We’re underway in Basel and Roger got off to a winning start beating Benjamin Becker 7-5 6-3 in the night match at the St. Jakobshalle stadium. The scoreline looks straightforward enough but contrary to what I said in my prediction it was a rather tricky affair and had Becker kept his head when it counted then he could have taken ... Read More »
Hey all, just a quick update here to let you know that Jeremy Chardy has pulled out of Basel with an injury (neck pain I believe) meaning that Roger will now play German Benjamin Becker. I think this is a much easier match than Chardy so it’s a nice start to the tournament. Like Roger, Becker is 31 years of ... Read More »
The Basel draw is out and Roger faces Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in the first round. There’s no easing into this tournament it seems as Chardy is quite a good player and capable of playing at a high level. The full draw is available here: http://www.swissindoorsbasel.ch/Tableau-Single.1024.0.html. This will be an interesting match I believe, they’ve never met each other before and ... Read More »
Who da man? Federer! Another top drawer performance as he secured his 72nd career title seeing off Andy Murray 7-5 6-4 in Dubai. It wasn’t the prettiest match but it was Federer who played better on the bigger points, played more aggressive and ultimately created more chances to take the match. I thought Fed executed a great gameplan and didn’t ... Read More »
In a repeat of the final in Rotterdam 2 weeks ago Roger once again saw off Juan Martin Del Potro in straight sets – 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6). As predicted this was a much tougher encounter than in Holland and Roger played much of the match on the defensive. Both sets were exceptionally close with neither player managing to break ... Read More »
Another total cruise match for Roger here against Mikhail Youzhny, as I predicted it was a straight sets victory and he extended the H2H to 12-0. Youzhny caused little trouble and the match was done and dusted in 69 minutes. Fed broke early in both sets and never looked like letting his advantage slip. There was a brief period towards ... Read More »
A very slick performance from Roger today against Feliciano Lopez, the Spaniard can be tricky because he serves big but Fed came through 7-5 6-3 in just under 90 minutes. Many fans were worried about Roger’s first serve percentage in yesterdays match against Llodra but he turned that on it’s head today firing down 12 aces, keeping 79 per cent ... Read More »
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