In the early morning of July 4, Beijing time, Federer defeated the men's singles no. 29 seed and British player Nori in the third round of Wimbledon in 2021 to win the 104th singles victory of his career at Wimbledon to advance to the round of 16. This victory means a lot to Federer.
It was Federer's 69th career singles round of 16 at a Grand Slam tournament and his 18th at Wimbledon. Federer, who turns 40 on Aug. 8, is the oldest Wimbledon men's singles player to be in the round of 16 since 1975. But most importantly, Federer, who currently leads men's tennis with Nadal with 20 Grand Slam titles, can continue his dream of pursuing his ninth Wimbledon men's singles title.
In the first set of the game, Federer suddenly began to threaten from the sixth set, and he scored 12 consecutive runs, completing a break and two saves to take the lead 6-4. In the second set of the second set, Federer was once given two break points by Nori, but after stubbornly holding the serve, the Swiss veteran cashed in on his first break opportunity in the third set and used this advantage to win another set 6-4. After 11 innings in the third set, Nori still failed to complete a break in this game, but in the face of the 12th set that had to be saved, Federer made an unforced error, and Nori played a four-point break to win back a city at 7-5. In the fourth set, Federer broke first in the fifth set, and Nori returned to color in the sixth set, but Federer broke again in the ninth set, and then saved the whole game 6-4.
"I can say with certainty that I'm in shape now." Federer said, "Although sometimes I still concede some chance balls, I still keep a positive state. After winning his 1,250th career win, Federer said he found that feeling of "calm" in the game, "Maybe for the first time, I just felt like everything was so calm." "I think about everything I want to do, where I want to send the ball, how I'm going to win my own serve, where I made a mistake, how I made the wrong choice." That's what I wanted, and I think it's a positive sign for me. ”
Although Federer currently competes with Nadal for Grand Slam titles and faces a strong challenge from Djokovic, who has won his first two Grand Slam titles this year, Federer doesn't think he's playing for those reasons. 'It wasn't because he (Djokovic) played well and achieved great things that I came to play, I have the same attitude towards rafa (Nadal)'s achievements.' Federer said, "I do myself. ”
(Original title: Federer beats Nori to become the oldest Wimbledon round of 16 player since 1975)
Source: Beijing News Sports | reporter Li Yuanfei
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