Roger Federer and Other Tops Seeds Advance In Paris 2
Roger Federer faced crowd favorite Frenchman Richard Gasquet in Paris.
Will Paris continue to sizzle? Unveiled in France this week is the last Masters event of 2010 before the year-end finals begin in London.
A few players are hanging onto the hope that they can make the final field of eight for the Barclays WTF. One is Fernando Verdasco who must make the semifinals in Paris in order to chance booking a flight to London.
Jurgen Melzer only has a prayer to make the field by winning this Masters event in Paris. That makes Melzer’s chances as one of the longest of long shots.
In the third day of action, the biggest names in the draw were on court for the first time. Several of the contests on this day offered interesting and even inspiring performances by the top seeds.
No. 1 Roger Federer vs. Richard Gasquet
Federer faced crowd favorite Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the first evening match.
The No. 1 seed broke the Frenchman early during Gasquet’s first service game. Then Federer held on to win the opening set never allowing Gasquet a peek at a break opportunity.
Federer continued to dominate by breaking Gasquet during the Frenchman’s first game of the second set. That one break of serve was again all the Swiss needed. The Frenchman never earned a break point on the Federer serve during the entire match as the Swiss won 6-4, 6-4.
One of the announcers described Federer’s play as poetry in motion.
In the end the commentator admitted that Gasquet did not play a bad match but was powerless against the Swiss. It was indeed, a master class conducted by Federer in his opening match of this tournament.
The Masters in Paris remains one of the few that the Swiss has never won. Will this be the year?
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