2010 Shangai Rolex Masters; Roger Federer breezes into the semi final
World number three Roger Federer has improved his career record to 14-1 versus the fifth seed Robin Soderling after posting an impressive two setter victory over the Swede in the quarter final round of the 2010 Shangai Rolex Masters
Men’s singles competition on Friday. The final match score was 6-1, 6-1. The clash concluded in a time period of fifty four minutes in China.
The twenty six year old Soderling won only thirty eight percent of service points and had his serve broken on a total of five occasions on Friday. The right hander, who is close to grabbing the fifth position at the season ending
Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, dropped to a match record of 47-18 on the year.
The Swiss tennis maestro lost eleven points on serve and smashed a total of five aces to record his 47th victory in 2010. Earlier in January, the Fed Express captured his sixteen Grand Slam crown after getting the better
of top ranked Brit, Andy Murray in the title battle in Melbourne.
He is playing in his first tournament since his semi final appearance at the year’s final major, the United States Open in New York; where the right hander was bundled out by world number two Novak Djokovic in five sets. The final
match score was 7–5, 1–6, 7–5, 2–6, 5–7.
Federer, as a result of his quarter final victory in Shanghai will once again take on Novak Djokovic in the semi final clash on Saturday.
The Basel born player, after his victory on Friday said, "It is a great match for me surprising that it all went so fast. It was somewhat close in the beginning to get the 4-1 lead. I guess that was the hard work. After that, I
was just able to roll away with the score. He started to struggle and it got more difficult. I know he didn't have one of his best days."
The Swiss expects "tougher rallies" versus the Serbian on Saturday.
"Tomorrow is going to be different, more difficult, and a bit more tactical. We have always had good matches against each other, particularly on the hard courts. They have always been very even."
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