Thursday, April 30, 2015

Roger Federer wins first match moves into the quarters at Istanbul Open

Roger Federer began his inaugural TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open campaign with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Jarkko Nieminen on Wednesday.

The top-seeded Swiss did not face a break point on serve during the one-hour match, as he improved to a 15-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against the 33-year-old Finn.

"I'm happy that I won my first match ever in Turkey," he said. "In the second set Jarkko started playing better and I'm happy that I managed to close the match."

Federer, who is looking to win his 11th clay-court title this week, will face Daniel Gimeno-Traver in the quarter-finals, but first, he planned on making good use of his day off Thursday.

"Tomorrow I have a day off and I will enjoy and do a sightseeing trip by boat on the Bosphorus to see some more of this beautiful city," he said.


Earlier Wednesday, Gimeno-Traver fired five aces past sixth seed Mikhail Kukushkin in a 6-3, 6-3 win, his third in four meetings against the Kazakh. The in-form Spaniard is 7-2 in his past two tournaments, highlighted by a runner-up finish at the Grand Prix Hassan II (l. to Klizan).

Fourth seed Santiago Giraldo booked a spot in his third ATP World Tour quarter-final of the year with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 over last year’s junior World No. 1 Andrey Rublev.

Meanwhile, eighth seed Diego Schwartzman swept past Jurgen Melzer 6-0, 6-2 in 52 minutes.

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