Federer, the only face of a gray day
The last of the Spanish to leave the track was forced to do their best to the Ukraine Alexander Dolgopolov, he was surprised in the first set thanks to its powerful service, which had four aces. However, ‘Ferrua’ recovered his game in the second set and took an early ‘break’ to break open the scoring and lead (4-1), who was able to manage to force the third set and, incidentally, return the 6 – 3 to its rival.
Federer, seeded tenth, would be the only survivor of the Armada and, after a very even start in the third set, broke through his opponent’s service in the third game and held his serve, which allowed him to take the domain on the scoreboard.
However, achieving cost him his points and get into Ukrainian prison, who saved a match point up and kept his best service, with what he did that Valencian suffer until the end to clinch the victory with his serve.
The Javea, and in the second round, will now face American Sam Querrey, who won easily into German Phillip Petzschner 6-1, 6-4.