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 | Federer, Wawrinka and Ferrer with victories in Rome15-05-2015 |
Roger Federer (Switzerland) qualified for the quarterfinals of the tournament in the Tennis Masters series in Rome with 3830295 euros in prize money. The number 2 Federer eliminated Kevin Anderson (South Africa) with 6:3, 7:5 for 76 minutes.
The Swiss had no problems in the first set, which he won after 28 minutes. In the second part served for the match, Federer at 5:2, but made a breakthrough. He then had the opportunity for a second time to close the match at 5:4 and then won with 6:5.
The Swiss will play in the quarterfinals against the winner of the match between no 6 Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) and Fabio Fonini (Italy).
The number 8 Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) has over Dominic Team (Austria) with 7:6 (3), 6:4 to 1: 38 hours and the quarterfinals will play against seven times champion Rafael Nadal (Spain).
The seventh-placed David Ferrer (Spain) eliminated his compatriot Guillermo Garcia-Lopez with 6:1, 6:3 in 85 minutes and in contention for a place in the semifinals out against David Gofen (Belgium).