Roger Federer takes down Adrian Mannarino in the second round – Wimbledon Championships 2011
Swiss wind kept blowing with its full effect at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, England, as the world number three, Roger Federer devastated the 55th ranked Frenchman, Adrian Mannarino
in the second round of the Wimbledon Championships.
In the Thursday afternoon’s contest being played under the new roof of Centre Court, Federer simply outclassed the unseeded Mannarino in merely 88 minutes of play, settling the final scores at 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, to march into the third
round of the mega event.
The Swiss maestro was witnessed in his full flow, beating his opponent in every segment of the game. The Federer forehand worked perfectly for him as he belted 38 winners in the contest, while delivering 64 per cent serve on target
and firing 11 thudding aces. Mannarino proved a total mismatch for the in-form Federer, who was the runner up at the French Open earlier this month.
Six-time Wimbledon champion got control of the contest from the very first minute and then orchestrated most of the rallies in the match. He had a blistering start, wrapping up the opening set in merely 25 minutes and never dropped
serve in the entire contest to come out as the winner in the end.
“The atmosphere was fantastic,” told the third seed Federer, who was playing under the new roof of the Centre Court for the first time. “It’s unusual, it’s very nice to play indoors for the first time, I’ve played 10 years on Centre
Court.”
The Swiss reeled off 35 out of 41 first serve points in the contest and broke his opponent’s serve five out of 10 times. He was very quick to break into an early 3-0 lead in the opener and continued with his aggressive tennis to
put Mannarino under immense pressure. Federer broke again in the eighth game to seal the first set in him name at 6-2.
The following set took off in the similar fashion as the opener did, with Federer breaking again to lead 3-0 and then carrying with his winning momentum to close the set at 6-3. The dejected Frenchman had nothing left in him and
he finally surrendered the game after suffering two more serve breaks in the third set at 2-6.
Federer will face the crafty Argentine, David Nalbandian in the third round of the Grand Slam tournament later this week. Nalbandian stood victorious against the Austrian competitor, Andreas Haider-Maurer in the second round of
Wimbledon to meet Federer.
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