Roger Federer beats Peter Gojowczyk in Basel
Roger Federer celebrated a sovereign start to his home tournament in Basel on Monday night. The Swiss beat DTB professional Peter Gojowczyk in a hurry with 6: 2, 6: 1. It was the 1,500 match in Federer's professional career, for the 1,232. At one point he left the court as the winner.
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last edit: Oct 21, 2019, 08:15 pm
In the first set, Federer scored the first break in the fourth game, followed by another after 22 minutes to 6: 2. In the second round, the Swiss had to accept a short-term rebreak to 2: 1, but then took the next four games and finished after 54 minutes of the match.
Federer is now the player with the second most contested matches as a professional. Only Jimmy Connors still has the edge with 1,556.
Federer played the first main draw match of the tournament week of the 500ers of Basel. In round two he will face either Radu Albot or Dusan Lajovic, in the quarterfinals it could come to the Swiss derby against Stan Wawrinka. The top seed Federer fights this week for his tenth title in Basel. In his past twelve appearances in Basel Federer always reached the final.
Qualifier Gojowczyk not only conceded the third defeat in the third duel with the maestro, but also his fifth defeat in a peloton in series. His last game on the ATP Tour won the 30-year-old in early August in Washington.
Jan-Lennard Struff def. Miomir Kecmanovic
In the first match on the second court, there was a success for German tennis. Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Miomir Kecmanovic 6: 4, 6: 2 and beat Benoit Paire or local hero Henri Laaksonen.