ATP World Tour 500 Dubai: Federer vs Becker

ATP 500 Dubai just began today and i watched Roger Federer in the first round against Benjamin Becker from Germany.

Roger Federer appeared here 11 times before and he won the cup 5 times here! He had 77 ATP titles which is a great record. On the other hand, Becker (93) played here only 2 times and could not pass the 1st round. Additionally these two players faced 3 times and RF won all of them.

When you look at the statistics, it is easy to understand that favourite of the match is Federer. I believe that in sports anything can possible for any player. With this point of view i started to watch the match.

First set started with Roger Federer’s serve. He was comfortable with his service game. He had a chance to break his opponent service in the second game. Only in 12 minutes score was 3-0 for Fedex! He looked to be in a hurry today! There was no coming back from Becker in the first set, in 22 minutes Fedex took the first set 6-1.

In the second set, Becker started a bit better, at least he could hold his service game till 3-3. In the 7th game, Federer broke his service and moved on. The only interesting part of the match was  the moment Becker had a break point when Roger Federer was serving for the match! RF saved the breaking point and won the game, set and match in an hour: 6-1, 6-4

It was just like a prep match for RF. Becker made 22 unforced errors while RF made 11.  There were no long rallies, only 2 or 3 times in the second set , there was an action on court, other than that it was a pretty static and one-sided match for Roger Federer.

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