World No. 2 seed Roger Federer held his ground and won against fifth seed John Isner of USA.
According to an article on usatoday.com, this is what Federer had to say of the recently concluded match, where he battled the American throughout the game:
"It's a lot of fun to play in a night session match. I thought tonight was very special..John is one of the best servers in the game. The pace on the second serve is unreal. You just have to make sure you hold your own serve."
Still in the same article, the 6'10" John Isner practically covered an estimated 6,185 feet of space during the game compared to Federer at 5,627 feet. A very feasible point of strategy that eventually worked in favor of Federer indeed. Play statistics showed 83% of Federer's serve points played against Isner, who made 68% for these points during the game.
Roger Federer will be facing Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the next round into the quarterfinals, with the former having already won over 17 grand slam record titles.
"He's an unbelievable talent, a great shot-maker," Federer said of the French player, in a report on espn.go.com. "I'm aware of the test ahead."
In another article on theguardian.com, Federer beat Isner with 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (8-6), 7-5. "Seven-love obviously is a pretty good score against John," said Federer. The Swiss tennis great never lost out on a good serve to American Isner, and showed calm under pressure. Federer, 34, completed the match by breaking John Isner's 108 straight serves and scored perfectly in the tiebreak portion of the opening set. The match lasted for 2 hours and almost forty minutes, with Roger Federer emerging as the winner. Know more details on this breaking news by clicking here.
