2010 ATP World Tour Finals: Swiss man Roger Federer triumphs over Spain's David Ferrer in opening match
Formerly ranked no. 1 in the World, Switzerland's Roger Federer took his career record against Spaniard David Ferrer to 11-0, upon defeating him 6-1 in the first set and 6-4 in the second set of his opening match at the 2010 Association of Tennis Professionals
World Tour Finals.
Federer stated, "I thought it was a tough match. Looking at the scoreline, it doesn't reflect how tough it was. There were many close games, especially in the second set. But all in all I'm really happy with the way I was able to get out of the first match
here. Starting off with a feisty top-10 player is never easy."
The indoor setting at the O2 arena was to Federer's advantage even though the slow conditions were in comparison to Valencia where Ferrer bagged a title a month earlier. Despite Roger's 26 unforced errors, Ferrer proved incapable of leveling himself with his
opponent.
"I think I served very bad throughout the match. This was the key. With Roger it's impossible to take the chance if you don't serve well. In the first set I played a little bit nervous, in the second set I improved my game, but Roger served really well when
I had a chance or two," said Ferrer.
Furthermore, Federer will be opposed by Britain's Andy Murray in the following round. The Briton made it through upon defeating Sweden's Robin Soderling in the opening match played between the two.
Murray eliminated Soderling, defeating him 6-2 and 6-4 to mark a straight set win. Andy stated,
“I played very smart tennis today and even when obviously it was getting tough in the second set, a lot of long rallies, I was on the defensive quite a lot, stuck to my tactics well and managed to come through.”
Additionally, briefly after Murray got through with Robin, Spaniard Carlos Moya was brought on to court at the O2 arena to honour his professional career. Moya emerged onto court wearing a suit instead of a tennis kit. Amongst an innumerable amount of ATP titles,
the former World no. 1 has a grand slam title to his name.
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