WIMBLEDON – Roger Federer mentioned that he had practiced with Fabio Fognini, when the Italian was a junior. Federer said that it’s pretty common to hit with juniors during the second week of the grand slams. He thought Fognini was a good player and he was happy to see he him on the tour.
On Wednesday, they met on the second round at Wimbledon, and Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. Fognini didn’t seem comfortable serving at 0-1 in the first set, where he lost the game, hitting a forehand long, thus, getting himself in a place where no one wants to be against a top player. Down a break right in the beginning of the set. This means more pressure to catch up, consequently more errors will follow. Serving at. 2-0 Federer started varying his game, coming to the net, stretching out for balls in all directions, right, left, up for lobs, down for very low slice shots. Federer continued to show his magic on Centre Court for the rest of the match.
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June 28, 2012
