Johnsteinbeck
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Mayer came through, taking the second more authoratively, 6-2.
interesting enough, this match was barely ten minutes shorter than the 2nd round three-setter. i guess he still has to find a groove. as someone said in the new racquet thread, one problem will be having the confidence on the big points. sure enough, it took Fed about four set points in the first (on his serve, similar to the matchpoints yesterday), and he squandered a myriad of break points, including a bunch of match points).
as kskate said, the first serve %a was a problem, throughout - even dropped back below 50% in the second. he did hit some big ones, though - 7 aces, which isn't too bad for two straightforward(ish) sets.
so, Fed will play another german, Flo "weirdo" Mayer. i think they met in the Stockholm finals back in ... '10? '11? really, this shouldn't be too interesting, but these days, who knows. at the least, more insight into how the Fed handles his new racquet.
kskate2 said:
interesting enough, this match was barely ten minutes shorter than the 2nd round three-setter. i guess he still has to find a groove. as someone said in the new racquet thread, one problem will be having the confidence on the big points. sure enough, it took Fed about four set points in the first (on his serve, similar to the matchpoints yesterday), and he squandered a myriad of break points, including a bunch of match points).
as kskate said, the first serve %a was a problem, throughout - even dropped back below 50% in the second. he did hit some big ones, though - 7 aces, which isn't too bad for two straightforward(ish) sets.
so, Fed will play another german, Flo "weirdo" Mayer. i think they met in the Stockholm finals back in ... '10? '11? really, this shouldn't be too interesting, but these days, who knows. at the least, more insight into how the Fed handles his new racquet.
