Fed marches on in Hamburg
Roger Federer will face Florian Mayer in
the quarter-
finals of the German Tennis Championships after a
6-4 6-3 win over Jan Hajek. Federer, the top seed at the Hamburg event, took
little over an hour to beat the Czech qualifier despite
squandering 10 of his 13 break points, including five
match points in the eighth game of the second set. The 17-time grand slam champion one is playing
with a new, larger racquet in a bid to end a slump
which saw him eliminated second round of
Wimbledon./ "I guess it's to a degree some more getting used to,
just to see how it reacts on every single shot," he told
the ATP's official website. "Clearly it reacts better to some shots. But it's
important not to think of it the whole time, not to talk
about it all the time, but more just sort of go with it,
fight for every point, have the right mindset, be
optimistic about playing here now and wanting to
achieve a good result and that's what I'm doing." Home hope Mayer defeated 11th seed Feliciano
Lopez 7-6 (7-1) 6-2 to line up a meeting with
Federer. Second seed Tommy Haas also progressed on home
soil as he defeated Carlos Berlocq 6-2 6-4 to set up a
quarter-final with Fabio Fognini, who moved into the
last eight with a 6-2 6-4 win over Marcel Granollers. Wimbledon semi-finalist and fourth seed Jerzy
Janowicz had a bad day as he was forced to retire
from his match against Fernando Verdasco due to a
right arm injury when the Spaniard was leading 7-5
4-0. Verdasco will face qualifier Federico Delbonis in the
last eight after the Argentinian defeated Dmitry
Tursunov 6-4 6-3. Elsewhere, third seed Nicolas Almagro eased into the
quarter-finals with a 6-2 6-3 win over Guillermo
Garcia-Lopez. He will play fifth seed Juan Monaco,
who needed three sets to beat Benoit Paire 6-3 2-6
6-2.
finals of the German Tennis Championships after a
6-4 6-3 win over Jan Hajek. Federer, the top seed at the Hamburg event, took
little over an hour to beat the Czech qualifier despite
squandering 10 of his 13 break points, including five
match points in the eighth game of the second set. The 17-time grand slam champion one is playing
with a new, larger racquet in a bid to end a slump
which saw him eliminated second round of
Wimbledon./ "I guess it's to a degree some more getting used to,
just to see how it reacts on every single shot," he told
the ATP's official website. "Clearly it reacts better to some shots. But it's
important not to think of it the whole time, not to talk
about it all the time, but more just sort of go with it,
fight for every point, have the right mindset, be
optimistic about playing here now and wanting to
achieve a good result and that's what I'm doing." Home hope Mayer defeated 11th seed Feliciano
Lopez 7-6 (7-1) 6-2 to line up a meeting with
Federer. Second seed Tommy Haas also progressed on home
soil as he defeated Carlos Berlocq 6-2 6-4 to set up a
quarter-final with Fabio Fognini, who moved into the
last eight with a 6-2 6-4 win over Marcel Granollers. Wimbledon semi-finalist and fourth seed Jerzy
Janowicz had a bad day as he was forced to retire
from his match against Fernando Verdasco due to a
right arm injury when the Spaniard was leading 7-5
4-0. Verdasco will face qualifier Federico Delbonis in the
last eight after the Argentinian defeated Dmitry
Tursunov 6-4 6-3. Elsewhere, third seed Nicolas Almagro eased into the
quarter-finals with a 6-2 6-3 win over Guillermo
Garcia-Lopez. He will play fifth seed Juan Monaco,
who needed three sets to beat Benoit Paire 6-3 2-6
6-2.
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