ROGER FEDERER TO FACE ANDERSON OR SOCK IN THIRD ROUND – LATEST TENNIS NEWS FROM WESTERN AND SOUTHERN OPEN

Written by: Staff on 19th August 2015

Roger Federer of Switzerland in action against Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay during their match in the Western & Southern Open at the Linder Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, USA, 18 August 2015. EPA/TANNEN MAURY |

“#CincyTennis #tennis #ATP #WTA #cincyusa” – Photo by @cincytennis via Instagram.

Roger Federer got off to a winning start in his Western & Southern Open title defence, downing Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday evening.

Federer made his first serves count in winning 95 per cent of such points, despite serving at just 43 per cent for the match. He fired six aces and 24 winners, while not facing a break point, to prevail after 69 minutes. The Swiss dropped just three points on serve in the second set, improving his FedEx Head2Head to 4-0 against the Spaniard. He was also ruthless on return, averaging 2.4 metres inside the baseline to return Bautista Agut’s serve.

The Basel native is making his 15th appearance in Cincinnati, bidding for his seventh title (2005, ’07, ’09-10, ’12, ’14). Last year, he defeated David Ferrer to improve to 6-0 in finals in the American city.

“It’s the first round of the hard court season for the next six plus months or so,” said Federer. “I have things in mind to work on for the hard-court season. No. 1, you have to be fit and tough, because you can stop on a dime and move the other direction, which on other surfaces is not so easy to do.

“Here in Cincy it plays pretty quick, so why not move forward a bit. You have to just pick the right times and keep your opponent off balance. I think it is a good play for me.”

Cincinnati is also one of six tournaments the World No. 3 has won at least six times, along with Halle (8), Dubai (7), Wimbledon (7), the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals (6) and Basel (6). He has won 38 of 46 matches played here and will seek to add yet another with a third-round meeting against Kevin Anderson or Jack Sock.

Federer is 41-7 in 2015, with titles at the 250 level tournaments in Brisbane and Istanbul and the 500 level events in Dubai and Halle. He is seeking to emerge victorious at all three ATP World Tour levels for the second straight year and fourth time since 2010.

( Courtesy of the ATP and Original Link – http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/cincinnati-2015-tuesday-federer )

Topics: Atp World Tour, Cincinnati Tennis, Kevin Anderson, Roberto Bautista Agut, Roger Federer, Sports, Tennis News, Western & Southern Open

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August 19, 2015 at 10:20 am

-@rogerfederer TO FACE @kevinanderson18 OR @JackSock IN THIRD ROUND- LATEST TENNIS NEWS FROM WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN http://t.co/bJ8Sxwa2eh