Wimbledon 2009: Magician Federer starts in style…

June 23, 2009

Wimbledon 2009: Magician Federer starts in style…

Roger showed his perfection and brilliance at the centre court when he defeated the 1st round unseeded challenger Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei with a score of 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 here on centre court. Lu defiantly earned the respect by giving an impressive performance against the magician in the first set. He showed his ability to fight rite in the first set when he broke Federer’s serve in the fourth game taking the lead in the set 3-2. But it was Roger’s day in the end, he took the victory in straight sets and moved to the second round. If Roger wins the Wimbledon he will beat Pete Sampras record of 14 grand slams and thus would elevate himself to the greatest tennis player in the history of the game. For now the road towards his victory remains clear as Nadal pulled out due to an injury. Mented Another topic of the discussion was the dressing style of Federer and was noticed and complimented by all the spectators.

In a hard fought match the 4th seeded Serbian Djokovic beat Benneteau of France. The first two sets tested the Serbian to his limit, but he sailed through to the second round taking the match 6-7 7-6 6-2 6-4. The surprise of French Open Soderling also won his match against Muller of Luxemburg. The day one although was over shadowed due to weather and some of the match had to be stopped to be continued on 23rd June. Spanish Verdasco had a easy start to with a easy win over the wild card entry, J Ward of Germany wining the match 6-1 6-3 6-4.

Key Results for the Men’s Draw – Day 1

[2] R Federer (SUI) beat Y Lu (TPE) 7-5 6-3 6-2
[4] N Djokovic (SRB) beat J Benneteau (FRA) 6-7 7-6 6-2 6-4
[7] F Verdasco (ESP) beat [WC] J Ward (GBR) 6-1 6-3 6-4
[9] J Tsonga (FRA) beat A Golubev (KAZ) 6-3 5-7 -7-6 7-6
[11] M Cilic (CRO) beat A Martin (ESP) 6-3 6-4 64
[13] R Soderling (SWE) beat G Muller (LUX) 6-7 7-5 6-1 6-2
[15] T Robredo (ESP) beat L Gregorc (SLO) 7-6 6-4 5-7 7-6
A Seppi (ITA) beat [17] J Blake (USA) 7-5 6-4 7-6
[18] R Schuettler (GER) beat X Malisse (BEL) 6-7 6-4 7-6 6-1
K Beck (SVK) beat [21] F Lopez (ESP) 1-6 7-5 6-3 4-6 10-8
[22] I Karlovic (CRO) beat L Lacko (SVK) 6-3 7-6 6-3
[27] P Kohlschreiber (GER) beat F Serra (FRA) 7-6 6-1 6-4
[28] M Fish (USA) beat S Roitman (ARG) 6-3 6-2 4-1 ret. (shoulder injury)
[29] I Andreev (RUS) beat E Korolev (RUS) 4-6 7-6 6-4 7-6
[32] A Montanes (ESP) beat G Zemlja (SLO) 6-4 6-4 6-4