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 | Federer jumped ahead in Dubai23-02-2011 |
Seeded second-seeded Swiss player Roger Federer, qualified for the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament for men in Dubai with a prize fund 1.6 million dollars, beating in the second round match of Marcel Granollers with 6:3 and 6:4.
Roger Federer, who is four times winner of the tournament in Dubai, dominated the first set against 53rd-ranked Marcel Granollers. The second set was more controversial, but mainly with excellent forehand Federer came to victory in the set and the match.
Roger Federer will play the quarterfinals with Sergei Stahovski, who beat Ernests Gulbis 6:3, 5:7, 6:1.