Top seed Roger Federer showed signs of ring rust in his first match at the Swiss Indoors on Tuesday but still had enough in the tank to push past unseeded Serbian Filip Krajinovic 6-2 4-6 6-4 and reach the last-16 in Basel.
Roger Federer of Switzerland reacts during his match
against Borna Coric of Croatia during the semi-finals at Shanghai Masters, Qi
Zhong Tennis Centre, Shanghai, China, October 13, 2018. (Photo: Reuters)
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Playing in front of his home fans Federer struggled to find his
usual precision, racking up 38 unforced errors, but still managed some
produced his usual array of dazzling winners in a contest which stretched
just past the two-hour mark.
Next up for the world number three, an eight-time Basel
champion, is Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff, who beat Australian John Millman
7-6(3) 6-2.
In-form Russian seventh seed Daniil Medvedev also reached the
last 16 by defeating German Maximilian Marterer 6-3 7-5.
Medvedev, winner of this month’s Japan Open as a qualifier,
faces unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi next after he served up the day’s only
bagel en route to beating Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel 6-0 6-4.
Australian teenager Alexei Popyrin claimed his first main draw
victory on the ATP Tour as the qualifier got the better of a tussle with
compatriot Matthew Ebden, winning 7-6(4) 6-4.
His prize could be a clash with second seed Alexander Zverev if
the German gets past Dutchman Robin Haase.
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Source: NDO
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