Federer struck all of his shots harder than I've ever seen. Whether, its another level to his game this year or a game plan just for Santoro .....we'll see.
The Federer-Santoro match went by so quickly that Santoro asked him to wait a moment on match point, pointing to the scoreboard and smiling. The Swiss star got a chuckle out of it, too, then got in a serve-and-volley winner.
"Today, I feel like he's coming from somewhere else. I served quite good. I was moving well. I was fit physically. I was hitting the ball well. And I won three games."
Federer won the last 10 games, ended it with a serve-and-volley as Santoro edged in almost to the service box. He clambered over the net to embrace the Frenchman.
Dictating play, Federer ended up with 53 winners and 18 unforced errors.
"First time I played him, he totally dismantled me. Showed I had a lot of things to work on.
"Today I was in great shape, could play aggressive. We always have great rallies together, because of his playing style ... he does a great job of making you doubt. It's always a tricky match against him. But you know it's going to be fun. And this is what it's supposed to be, this game."
1 comment:
good article norm xxx ooo - love you!!
not busy today and this is way more interesting!!
lola
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