Cincinnati R3 2009 - Federer vs Ferrer (First set)
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Roger Federer: Unbelievable serving 5
Fed serving three aces to deuce, adv and game against hewitt.
16th Masters 1000 Title
3rd Cincinatti Title
2nd Master's Title this year.
Converted the 4 match losing streak against Murray yesterday.
Converted the 2 match losing streak against Djokovic today.
:clap:.
The job is not done here. US Open is the main one.
Advantage to the Men With Federer on His Game
By KAREN CROUSE
Published: August 23, 2009
MASON, Ohio — After lengthening his shadow over tennis, Roger Federer stepped to the microphone Sunday and said grace, thanking his vanquished opponent in the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, Novak Djokovic; the tournament organizers; the volunteers; and the fans.
Roger Federer added another title on Sunday.
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Then he deviated from the timeworn script, thanking his month-old twin daughters, Charlene and Myla, for being such good sports. They arrived more than two weeks early, on July 23, which made it possible for Federer to shift his focus to the summer hardcourt season, which will culminate with the United States Open starting next Monday.
It would have been understandable if Federer had experienced a drop in desire after notching his milestone 15th Grand Slam victory at Wimbledon, then helping his wife, Mirka, welcome the couple’s first children into the world.
But Federer’s drive is greater even than his genius, which is true of relatively few sports superstars, among them Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant, Michael Phelps and Candace Parker.
Federer grinds even when it is not a Grand Slam event. His focus in a summer that has been full of distractions for him, however wonderful, has given the men’s game a center that the women’s game has lacked.
Federer returned to the ATP Tour in Montreal this month, having lost a little sleep but clearly none of his enthusiasm for chasing tennis balls and titles.
He was part of history in Canada, where the top eight men in the world reached the quarterfinals for the first time since the ATP rankings were instituted in 1973. That same week, the final eight of the WTA Tour stop here did not include either Serena or Venus Williams, who each lost in the third round.
Federer’s 6-1, 7-5 victory Sunday against Djokovic was his first hardcourt championship of 2009 . After a shocking collapse against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals in Montreal, Federer made smooth work of Djokovic, as he had Andy Murray in the semifinals. Some of his shots in the final were so sublime, all Djokovic could do was roll his eyes or clap.
“The closest I was able to get to the first-place trophy is now,” he told the CBS reporter Mary Joe Fernandez during the awards presentation.
The top performers on the men’s side used these two weeks to solidify their positions, generating headlines heading into the season’s last Grand Slam event. But on the women’s side, nobody set the tennis world abuzz. After No. 4 Jelena Jankovic won here last week, fifth-ranked Elena Dementieva won in Toronto on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Maria Sharapova. A former No. 1, Sharapova was playing in her first final since she came back in May from shoulder surgery.
Neither Williams sister has won a tournament since they met in the Wimbledon final last month; Venus played in the sisters’ only final of that span, losing to Marion Bartoli at the Bank of the West Classic.
Serena and Venus Williams are the women’s marquee stars, but for whatever reason, their most riveting matches are largely found in the majors, their intensity burning the brightest when the klieg lights do.
Serena, ranked second in the world, has squared off against top-ranked Dinara Safina only once since they met in last year’s United States Open semifinal — in this year’s Australian Open final (Williams won both matches). By contrast, Federer has faced Murray, now No. 2, five times since they met in last year’s United States Open final.
Serena Williams has not played Jankovic, who started the year at No. 1, since defeating her in the United States Open final. Federer has played Rafael Nadal, who was the men’s No. 1 at the beginning of 2009, twice this year.
Because Federer, 28, has shown no signs of complacency after spending 245 nonsuccessive weeks at No. 1, his challengers cannot afford to rest.
For several days before and after the birth of the twins, Federer spent most of his waking hours at the hospital in Zurich, his life in a sort of anticipatory limbo.
“But I also went for practice, you know, almost every day except obviously during the time of the birth and right after,” he said Sunday, adding, “My condition trainer was really happy with the work I put in.”
For years the Williams sisters have juggled their tennis careers with myriad outside interests: fashion and interior design (Venus); and fashion, acting and writing (Serena). There is no juggling act harder than parenthood, and yet in the first month, Federer seemed not to struggle at all. “Yeah, I mean, I’m growing into the situation, you know,” Federer said. “I’m trying to be a good dad and I think I am.”
Federer is the reason the depth and quality of the men’s game has never been better. Everybody is forced to raise his effort to match his. When his opponents speak, as Djokovic did Sunday, of the pressure Federer applies, they are not speaking strictly about on the court.
Djokovic, who has lost to Federer in the last two United States Opens, hired Todd Martin, a retired American player and former Open finalist, to work with him.
That’s why the great Briton hope, Andy Murray, the first player other than Federer or Nadal to occupy the No. 2 spot in four years, is spending his off weeks in Miami, practicing twice a day in the unforgiving sun.
Federer’s omnipresence helps explain why Nadal spent three hours practicing in searing heat on the day before his first match here. He knows how sharp his strokes must be after taking almost two months off from a knee injury to match Federer in what has become arguably the best rivalry in sports.
Fifth-ranked Andy Roddick wants so much to escape Federer’s long shadow he has gone through four coaches since reaching No. 1 in late 2003, bringing aboard fresh perspectives in his quest to wring every last drop of his talent.
You can say, as Djokovic repeated Sunday, “Yeah, unfortunately, I was born in the wrong era.” But the men’s pathos is the sport’s reward.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/sp...ennis.html?hpw
Federer Beats Djokovic for Third Cincinnati Masters (Update1)
By Vince Golle
Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Top-seeded Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic to win the Cincinnati Masters for the third time since 2005 and his 61st career singles title.
Federer, the winner of a record 15 Grand Slam tennis titles, including this year’s French Open and Wimbledon tournaments, won 6-1, 7-5 in Mason, Ohio. The ATP Tour’s top- ranked player in the world, who collected $443,500 for his victory today, also captured the Cincinnati Masters title in 2005 and 2007.
Federer breezed in the first set, winning 89 percent of his first-serve points and 80 percent on his second serve. Djokovic managed just one point on seven second serves during the set.
“A good start always helps,” Federer said in a televised interview after the match. “This whole week has been great to me. It’s been a fantastic year already.”
Djokovic, from Serbia, earned his second straight trip to the event’s final after beating Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-4 in yesterday’s semifinal that snapped a five-match losing streak to the second-ranked player in the world.
The fourth-seeded Djokovic’s lost to Andy Murray in the Cincinnati final last year. Djokovic, 22, entered today 2-0 against Federer this year after beating him at the Rome and Miami Masters events. Federer is now 8-4 all-time against the Serb.
“The closest I was about to get to the first place trophy was now,” Djokovic said after being handed his prize. “He was too good today.”
Federer, 28, became the fourth player in the Open Era to win three Cincinnati titles, joining four-time winner Mats Wilander, and Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras, who both won three. He’s won 16 Masters events
The 22-year-old Djokovic rallied in the second set, taking his first two service games and breaking Federer. The Swiss responded and made it 5-5 before breaking Djokovic and closing it out in his last service game.
To contact the reporter on this story: Vince Golle in Washington at vgolle@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: August 23, 2009 14:51 EDT
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Federer back to his best with Cincinnati win
* Story Highlights
* Roger Federer wins the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio
* World number one beats Novak Djokovic in straight sets in Sunday's final
* Federer bidding for third straight grand slam title at U.S. Open next week
August 23, 2009 -- Updated 1910 GMT (0310 HKT)
(CNN) -- Roger Federer sent out an ominous message to his rivals by claiming the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati with a straight sets demolition of Novak Djokovic in the final on Sunday.
Federer was getting his hands on his 61st career title after an emphatic win.
Federer was getting his hands on his 61st career title after an emphatic win.
Federer was playing his second tournament since returning to the ATP Tour circuit after becoming the father of twin girls and was back to his peerless best ahead of the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadow next week.
The Swiss maestro swept aside world number two Andy Murray in straight sets in their semifinal match up and afforded Djokovic the same treatment with a 6-1 7-5 victory to claim his 16th Masters crown.
Djokovic had played superbly to dispatch former world number one Rafael Nadal in their semifinal and had not dropped a set all week, but had no answer to the world number one.
Federer breezed through the opening set, but encountered more resistance in the second, having to save a set point as he served at 4-5 down.
But it was saved with a fine service and in the next game he broke Djokovic for the fourth time in the match.
Federer duly served out the match to love, claiming his third Cincinnati title as his Serbian opponent netted a return after one hour and 30 minutes.
It was his 61st career title.
He heads into his defense of the U.S. Open crown having won the last two grand slams at the French Open and Wimbledon to take his tally to a record 15 and as warm favorite.
Following his Wimbledon triumph, Federer took an enforced break as his wife Mirka gave birth to Charlene Riva and Myla Rose, but returned to be beaten in the quarterfinals in Montreal by Jo-Wilfred Tsonga.
Murray claimed the title, but met his match against a much-improved Federer in Cincinnati.
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/08....murray.nadal/