The Russian qualifier demonstrated why he made it through to the quarter finals in Basel and also had several break-balls, but Roger simply played too well. Our champ broke his opponent to 4-2 in the first and 3-2 as well as 5-2 in the second set.
Notre champion n'aura eu besoin que de 55 minutes pour plier l'affaire, aidé par un très bon premier service, en particulier dans le deuxième set (75% de premières balles).