For the third Time in a row, Roger Federer fails at the ATP finals in London in the penultimate round. This time he is not subject to Stefanos Tsitsipas 3:6, 4:6, because he has far from reached the level from the game against Novak Djokovic.

“I’m so proud of me. Probably this was one of my best games this season. I’ve always dreamed of, to be able to one day, against Roger Federer play. A dream come true,” said Tsitsipas after the second victory in the fourth compared with Federer.

Federer has failed to start to gain benefits. In the first Game he came to a break ball, but hit the Forehand after a second serve of the Greeks ‘unclean’. The Break was failed, because to him on his supposed good side, four slight mistakes under.

In the first serve of the game, it ran even worse: Federer landed two Smashes, a blow that he performs usually confidently, and presented so Tsitsipas the ability to service breakthrough. This grabbed to. And the Swiss was in reserve.

of Wasted effort

In the case of 2:4 got Federer in three ways, the early impact of loss to compensate, but that did not succeed. The encounter reminded now of those at the Australian Open, as Federer, all of the twelve break opportunities missed, and in four movements had lost.

The Basel fought back in the episode tooth and nail against the loss of the first round, however, with the seventh set of ball to be made clear to the adversary, everything. The Swiss had taken care of for a few of the highlights, but to inconsistent acts.

A Break was too little

In the second set, Federer moved in a miserable Game, which he made his charge to zero. In 3:6, 1:2, he stood with his back to the wall. But he compensated for immediately, where he used his tenth break of the ball. A loud “Roger, Roger”-Shouts echoed through the Packed O2 Arena.

But Forehand and serve are not working this Saturday simply, Federer seemed tense and was again in the middle. At 4:5, he has developed two ways to compensate, but it just wasn’t meant to be. It was similar to the one in Melbourne: Federer took advantage of his opportunities and was punished by Tsitsipas.

“It is a pity and frustrating, especially since I had my opportunities,” had Federer admit at the end.

(With Material of the DPA.)

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Created: 16.11.2019, 15:24 PM