Federer moves a step closer to his 100th crown

Published 11/01/2018, 6:23 PM EDT

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As the Swiss legend, Roger Federer steps on the tennis court of Paris he eased his way out through the quarterfinals of the Rolex Paris Masters. In the opener the World Number 3, Federer shot up with a 4-1 lead. The Italian man, Fognini endeavored to make the opening set interesting.  However, Federer swiftly sealed the first set. Federer swept aside the Italian, Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-3. The 37-year-old Swiss maestro, saved two break points when serving at 4-3 up in the second set. Promptly after holding his serve, as a knife cuts through the butter, Federer broke Fognini to love and endorsed his victory.

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“You can’t expect too much from a third round but for us basically a first round,” Federer said. “Fabio and myself, we haven’t played at all this week yet so when you don’t play any matches yet your rhythm is a bit off and then there’s this electricity here and everybody is expecting you to play the best tennis. It’s really hard to do so I think both of us were far from our best. But we fought with what we had and maybe at the end I served a bit better in the important moments than Fabio did. Off the baseline it was tough. He takes the ball early and can redirect very well. But I’m very happy because it means I’m moving on in the tournament.”

Federer is endeavoring to take his 100th career crown in Paris. He is looking forward to winning his second Paris Masters title. The first victory was achieved in the year 2011 where he overthrew the Frenchman, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 7-6 on his home ground. Up next, he would face the Japanese Number one, Kei Nishikori in the last eight of the Rolex Paris Masters. The tenth seed, Nishikori prevailed over the Wimbledon finalist, Kevin Anderson. The South African suffered a 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Nishikori.

The ‘Resurged King’ Djokovic reached the quarterfinals after Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur retired due to a back injury. He began his year will his ranking outside the Top 20. Also, he across miserable defeats in the first half of the 2018 tennis season. Spending time with himself and meticulously introspecting Djokovic has reinvented himself in the second half of the season. The handwork in the right direction and uninterrupted consistency takes an individual to the apex of his game. On Monday, the Serbian would be replacing Rafael Nadal and will become World Number one tennis player.

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