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 | Federer won hardly against Canadian Raonich1-07-2012 |
Number 3 in world men's tennis Roger Federer has ranked the third round of the series "Masters" in Madrid with a prize of € 3,973,695. On the court "Manolo Santana" the Swiss made difficult victory with 4:6, 7:5, 7:6 (4) vs. Milos Raonich from Canada.
Third-seeded Federer played his first match by more than one month ago, when dropped in the first round of another tournament series "Masters", played on clay.
The Canadian Raonich record 21 aces in the match, winning the first set with 6:4 but then allowed a dramatic turn in the other two parts
Roger Federer, who pursues fourth title this season, won the game since his first machbol. In the next round he will play seeded 14th Frenchman Richard Gasquet.
In the second round victory record and No. 7 in the main draw Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) won with 7:6 (5), 6:7 (6)6:3 the Argentinian Federico Delbonis.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga from France, No. 4 in the scheme win over American Ryan Harrison with 6:2, 7:6 (4). Another Frenchman Gilles Simon defeat with 6:4, 6:3 the Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and also qualified for the third round of the prestigious tournament in Madrid.