Sohu Sports News In the early morning of June 6th, Beijing time, the 2021 tennis Grand Slam French Open continued. In the focus of the third round of men’s singles, Swiss king Federer encountered strong resistance and experienced three tie-breaks in the final 7- 6/6-7/7-6/7-5 defeated German player Koepfer and broke into the top 16 men’s singles at the French Open for the 13th consecutive time. It was also his 17th consecutive Grand Slam and reached the top 16 in the next round. Federer will be in the next round. Encountered No. 9 seed Berrettini.
The Swiss king Federer has been mediocre in recent seasons. After the Australian Open in 2018, he has never won a Grand Slam championship. The most recent one was the 2019 Wimbledon and Djokovic finals in the long game, but the match point was wasted. He failed to win his 21st crown. After Federer stopped the quarterfinals with injury in the Australian Open last season, he received two knee surgery and missed the entire season. This season, he did not return until Doha. Federer played as the No. 8 seed in the French Open. He defeated Istomin 3-0 in the first round and defeated his old rival Cilic 3-1 in the second round. In the third round, Federer’s opponent was German player Koepfer. The latter’s best record in the Grand Slam was the fourth round of the U.S. Open in 2019. This time the French Open has won a streak of Bolger and Fritz, this is the first time for the two Fight.
In the first game, he entered the rhythm of his own serve. Federer completed the first two serving games to secure a 2-1 lead. In the fourth game, Federer began to impact his opponent’s serve. The score came to a 40-40 tie after the popular science. Fair back shot straight out of bounds and sent a break point, Federer failed to grasp the two break point opportunities. In the fifth game, Federer’s serve also encountered danger. After a 30-30 tie, the volley was short and was chased by the opponent. Then the fore-shot offense crossed the diagonal to get the break point. Federer’s serve connected the fore-shot backslash to resolve the break point and complete the guarantee. Send back the first mover advantage. After that, Federer missed two break points in the eighth game. The missed break points in the tenth game were also counted. Each guaranteed the score to a 6-6 tie. In the tie-break, the score came to a 4-4 tie and Federer began to exert his strength, 7- 5 Win the tie-break and win the first set. The first set took more than 1 hour.
In the second set, Federer suppressed his opponent in the opening stage and got a break point opportunity in the first game. After that, Koepfer saved two break points in a row. Federer finally broke serve at the eighth break point in the game. The score came to a 2-0 lead. After that, Koepfer’s condition began to rebound. In the fourth game, the score was broken and the score was tied 2-2. In the fifth game, Federer regained the advantage. At the 40-0 consecutive break point, Federer made continuous backhand cuts. The ball went back to the net and was broken again. The quality of Federer’s serve declined, and then the break advantage failed to keep Koepfer quickly back to a 3-3 tie. In a stalemate situation, Federer’s physical fitness continued to decline. The two men guaranteed the score to 6-6. The game ushered in the second tie-break. Federer lost four points after a 2-2 tie, and Koepfer ended up 7- 3 won the tie-break and won the second set, and the total score came to a 1-1 tie.
In the third set, Federer still failed to reach the limit of physical fitness. After a 40-15 lead in the first game, he failed to make a single serve. Federer sent a break point with a positive and negative shot error. Koepfer scored a stalemate on the bottom line and finished the break. Leading 2-0. Since then, he has entered the rhythm of his own serve. Federer struggled to keep the serve while it was difficult to organize a counterattack. Koepfer continued to secure a 4-3 lead. In the eighth game, Federer surpassed the physical limit and began to counterattack. In this stalemate, he came to the net and shot a backhand to get a straight break point. Then Koepfer was shooting out of bounds and lost the game. Federer returned the score to 4-4. level. Federer secured a 6-5 lead. In the twelfth inning, Koepfer sent a break point after a double error. Federer still failed to seize the break opportunity. Koepfer secured a 6-6 tie. The game entered the third tie-break. After Federer got the chance to count, he backhanded and scored 7-4 brilliantly to win the tie-break and win the third set, leading again with a total score of 2-1.
In the fourth set, the first two serving rounds each completed a 1-1 tie. In the third round, Federer got a chance. Koepfer made a series of mistakes on the bottom line and then came to the net to volley and set the net to send a 15-40 break point. Koepfer lost the game after saving a break point. In the fourth game, Federer’s serve failed to keep, and Koepfer broke back to a 2-2 tie. Since then, they have entered the rhythm of their respective serve, and the two consecutively kept the score of the serve game to a 5-5 tie. In the eleventh inning, Federer made another effort. The bottom line was continuously transferred to score 40-15 consecutive break points. Under the pressure of Koepfer, he shot out of bounds and lost the game. Then Federer served the game and successfully secured his serve, 7-5. Won the fourth set victory.
In the end, the Swiss king Federer experienced three tie-breaks, defeating German Koepfer 7-6/6-7/7-6/7-5, and broke into the French Open for 13 consecutive times. The whole game took 3 hours and 35 minutes. During the game, Federer completed 6 ACES balls and 1 double fault, and Koepfer had 11 ACES balls with 4 double faults. Federer’s first serve success rate was 64% and the first serve scored 68%. All lead the opponent. Federer was slightly behind 51-55 in winning points, and Federer had 40 of 63 opponents with unforced errors. In the break link, Koepfer had 6 break points and efficiently completed one break, while Federer had 14 break points and 5 breaks.
In other men’s singles matches on this day, the 18th-seeded Italian star Cinna continued to perform bravely, defeating Imel in straight sets 6-1/7-5/6-3, and supernova Musser in an Italian derby. Tier 3-6/6-4/6-3/3-6/6-3 defeated former French Open semi-finalist Cecinato, and German striker Struff defeated the qualifying match 6-4/7-6/6-2 Player Alcaras, No. 9 seed Berrettini 7-6/6-3/6-4 eliminated South Korea’s dark horse Quan Chunyu.Return to Sohu to see more
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