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 | Federer qualified for the quarterfinals3-11-2011 |
Four times champion Roger Federer (Switzerland) qualified for the quarterfinals of tennis tournament in his hometown of Basel with a prize of € 1,225,000. Defending his title from last season and seeded Federer beat third Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 after 96 minutes of play. 30-year-old Swiss scored 10 aces, but lost a set against Nieminen for the first time in 12 games is among them. Federer took the first set with no problems after 24 minutes of play, but in the second half Finn made breakthrough in the fifth game, then evened the score. In the third set Federer took early 3-0 lead and then not give your opponent a chance to turn. Federer in the quarterfinals expected winner of the match between seventh scheme Andy Roddick (USA) and Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic). Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis also qualified for the quarterfinals after a difficult success over the 327-th in the world, Swiss qualifier Michael Lammert 7-6 (2), 6-7 (2), 6-3 2:40 after the game. Baghdatis expected number 1 in the world Novak Djokovic if the Serb overcome qualifier Lukasz Kubota (Poland) in the second round.