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Federer no problems against Nalbandian25-06-2011 |
Roger Federer is ranked no problem for the 4th round of Wimbledon after the deal in three sets with his old rival David Nalbandian (Argentina). Third-seeded Swiss cope with 6:4, 6:2, 6:4, and the next stage will face Mikhail Youzhny of Russia. South does deal with Nicolas Almagro (Spain), number 16 in the scheme, with 4:6, 6:3, 7:6 (7:3), 6:3. Federer seeks to equaled Pete Sampras seven Wimbledon titles and today again demonstrated tennis of the highest class. Nalbandiyan years ago could boast some pretty big success against Federer, who was eight times in 18 meetings, but in recent years, the forces are unequal. Australian qualifier, teenager Bernard Tomic were surprised the day when he eliminated Swede Robin Soderling, seeded 5. Tomic currently remains the youngest male competitor in the scheme and reminds a little early for Lleyton Hewitt, who never stopped fighting and turned matches in straight sets 0-2. "My achievement so far is amazing for my career. I'm really happy. And although not interested in playing for whom too much, now it is great to know that I was eliminated as a serious player as Soderling said 18-year-old Tomic. he repeated to some extent some of the Hewitt match after they removed Igor Andreev in the same scenario in the second round, and before that, and Nikolay Davydenko. In the next round youngster will play Belgian Xavier malĂcia, semifinalist in Wimbledon in 2002 and a year. No. 7 David Ferrer (Spain) had no particular problems with Slovakia Karol Beck and remove it 6:4, 6:3, 6:3. Pole Lukasz Kubota does remove one more set, this is number 9 Gael Monfils, 6: 3, 3:6, 6:3, 6:3. Two other Frenchmen still in the fourth round and are Yodra Michelle and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Lu Yen Yodra Ksun side of Taiwan 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 and Tsonga beat Fernando Gonzalez of Chilis 6:3, 6:4, 6:3. The winner of the U.S. Open in 2009 and a year-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) will play Rafael Nadal in the 4th round after beating Gilles Simon (France), 7-6 (10:8), 7:6 (7:5), 7:5.