Printer Friendly
The Free Library
19,607,050 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Federer reaches the quarter-finals.


Summary: In a repeat of the French Open final Roger Federer “Federer” redirects here. For other uses, see Federer (disambiguation).
Roger Federer (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɹɑ.dʒəɹ ˈfɛ.də.
 beat Robin Soderling to book his place in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

In a repeat of the French Open final Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling to book his place in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon.

Federer fired down 23 aces as he battled past the Swede swede: see turnip.  in straight sets 6-4 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/5).

"Today was pretty much a serving contest," admitted Federer of a match which featured just one break of serve. "It was just hard to get through, a dangerous match.

"I thought Robin served great and thank God he served a double fault in the tie-break otherwise it could have gone to four sets.

"I'm happy to be through four matches already, I gave myself a chance back in the quarters and I'm looking forward to my next match."

Germany's Tommy Haas Thomas Mario Haas (born April 3, 1978) is a German tennis player. He is 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in (187 cm) tall and plays right-handed. He is currently ranked #10 in the world. He reached a career-high ranking of World No. 2 in May 2002.  has reached the quarter-finals at SW19 for the first time in his career after demolishing Russian Russian

associated in some way with Russia.


Russian blue
a breed of cats with short, dense, silver-tipped blue-colored coat and vivid green eyes.
 Igor Andreev Igor Valerievich Andreev (Russian: Игорь Валерьевич Андреев  7-6 6-4 6-4.

Haas, at 31 and two months, is the oldest player remaining in the men's draw.

Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved.

Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved.

Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company
COPYRIGHT 2009 Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd.
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.
Copyright 2009 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

 Reader Opinion

Title:

Comment:



 

Article Details
Printer friendly Cite/link Email Feedback
Publication:Independent Television News Limited (ITN)
Date:Jun 30, 2009
Words:207
Previous Article:Murray through to the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
Next Article:Williams through after Ivanovic injury.

Terms of use | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles