Federer serves to beat Soderling in straight sets
When Robin Soderling upset Roger Federer at Roland Garros in June, he stopped the Swiss' streak of 23 straight Grand Slam semifinals.
On Wednesday, Federer started back at one by avenging that
loss, serving s
pectacularly to defeat the Swede, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.
"I just feel happy that I played a good match under tough circumstances against a player who's really hard to beat these days, especially on the hard courts," said Federer. "It really favors his game, and he's had a wonderful run the last couple of years. For me, this is obviously a big victory."
"The wind doesn't affect my concentration when I go up to serve," said Federer. "I think I'm also very good at hitting a good serve even when the ball toss is not in the right location. I can still serve to all the different corners with either kick, slice or flat."
"I always expect Roger to play well and serve well," said Soderling. "He was brushing the lines a lot of times with his first serve, which is not easy when the weather is like this."
"The serve was the biggest key today," said Federer, "because obviously he's very famous for serving extremely accurate, extremely hard, over a long period of time. That's what makes him so hard to beat really.
"That wasn't the case today. He struggled to get the pace, the accuracy going, until midway through the third set when I think he started to hit it a bit better. Then it was almost too late, really."
On Wednesday, Federer started back at one by avenging that
loss, serving s
pectacularly to defeat the Swede, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5."I just feel happy that I played a good match under tough circumstances against a player who's really hard to beat these days, especially on the hard courts," said Federer. "It really favors his game, and he's had a wonderful run the last couple of years. For me, this is obviously a big victory."
"The wind doesn't affect my concentration when I go up to serve," said Federer. "I think I'm also very good at hitting a good serve even when the ball toss is not in the right location. I can still serve to all the different corners with either kick, slice or flat."
"I always expect Roger to play well and serve well," said Soderling. "He was brushing the lines a lot of times with his first serve, which is not easy when the weather is like this."
"The serve was the biggest key today," said Federer, "because obviously he's very famous for serving extremely accurate, extremely hard, over a long period of time. That's what makes him so hard to beat really.
"That wasn't the case today. He struggled to get the pace, the accuracy going, until midway through the third set when I think he started to hit it a bit better. Then it was almost too late, really."
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