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 | Federer is not afraid of the South, Tsonga, Fish and Lopez also continued27-06-2011 |
Seeded 3 "Wimbledon" Roger Federer lost the first set against Mikhail Youzhny with a 6-7 but then won three straight sets with a 6-3 and qualified for the quarterfinals of the tournament in London. There will be his opponent Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, emerged with a 6-3, 6-4 and 7-6 over David Ferrer. Mardy Fish is ranked for the first time in his career in the quarterfinals of the British Open in tennis. 10th-seeded Fish took last year's champion and eighth in the scheme Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 after the 2:12 game. American scored 23 aces and conceded no break in the match. So he expects the winner of the match between world No. 1 and defending champion Rafael Nadal (Spain) and Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina). Spaniard Feliciano Lopez did not qualify for the third time in his career in the quarterfinals after 2005 and 2008.
Lopez scored 28 aces and beat Polish qualifier Lukas Kubota with 3:6, 6:7 (5), 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-5 in a dramatic match after the 4:18 game. The Spaniard was standing on the brink of defeat after trailing by two sets and a break in the third, but came to an incredible turnaround. Rival of Lopez in the quarterfinals will be No. 4 in the scheme Andy Murray (Britain).