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29th November 2010, 11:01 AM
#1471
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January 2010
On Sunday, January 17, Federer created 2-hour hit-out session called the "Hit for Haiti" at the Rod Laver Arena the day before the Australian Open. He invited a number of top world players from the ATP and WTA tours to join him to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti. The players who participated included Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Roddick, Novak Djokovic, Kim Clijsters, Serena Williams, Lleyton Hewitt, and Samantha Stosur.[1] A few days before the start of Indian Wells, Federer, Nadal, 14-time Grand Slam singles champion Pete Sampras, and 8-time Grand Slam singles champion Agassi participated in a doubles exhibition match called "Hit for Haiti 2" as a fundraiser for the relief efforts in Haiti. Also in February Federer made a trip to Ethiopia where his charity foundation works.[2]
Federer started the year by playing in the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, where he was defeated in the semifinals by eventual champion Nikolay Davydenko.[3]
Federer won his 16th Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open. In the fourth round, Federer beat Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, Federer trailed Davydenko by a set and 13 (1540) in the second set but was able to win in four sets. Federer then defeated World No. 10 and 2008 Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semifinals in straight sets. This marked the 23rd consecutive time that Federer had appeared in a semifinal of a Grand Slam tournament and the seventh consecutive year that Federer had made at least the semifinals at the Australian Open, breaking the previous record held by Ivan Lendl. In the final, Federer defeated fifth seeded Andy Murray in straight sets to claim his fourth Australian Open singles title.[4] This win tied him for most Australian Open victories in the open era at four with Andre Agassi.
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29th November 2010 11:01 AM
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29th November 2010, 11:03 AM
#1472
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Year Early hard court Masters 1000 Season - Miami and Indian Wells Masters 1000
Federer withdrew from the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships for the second consecutive year due to a lung infection.[5]
Federer then appeared at the mandatory BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells for his first tournament since the Australian Open.[6] Along with the 31 seeded players behind him, Federer received a first round bye in the main draw. However, in the third round, he was defeated by Marcos Baghdatis in a rematch of the 2006 Australian Open final after Federer failed to convert three match points.[7]
The week after Indian Wells, Federer played in the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami. Federer and the other 31 seeded players received first round byes. In the second round, Federer defeated Nicolαs Lapentti before over 14,000 fans a record breaking attendance for a second round match in the "Stadium" (the center courts of Miami). After beating Florent Serra, Federer lost to the eventual runner-up, Czech Tomα Berdych, in three sets in the fourth round.[8] Federer hit 62 unforced errors in that match.
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29th November 2010, 11:07 AM
#1473
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Clay season 2010
Federer next appeared in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome. In addition to singles, he teamed with Yves Allegro for the doubles competition as wildcards. The team lost in the quarterfinals to Sam Querrey and John Isner. Federer lost to World No. 40 Gulbis in the second round of the singles competition after receiving a first round bye.[9] It was the first time since 2000 that Federer had lost his opening clay court match of the year. It was the first time since 2002 that he had lost before the quarterfinals at three consecutive events, and the first time since 2002 that he had lost his first match in Rome.
Federer then played the Estoril Open. In his only previous appearance in 2008, he won the title when Davydenko retired in the final. But he lost in the semifinals this year to Albert Montaριs in straight sets, after which Federer said he was not worried by his current form,[10] while his rival Nadal was extremely concerned by Federer's current state.[11]
Federer continued at the Mutua Madrileρa Madrid Open, where he was the defending champion. He defeated his 2008 Olympic doubles partner Stanislas Wawrinka in the third round. In the quarterfinals, he avenged his earlier loss to Gulbis.[12] In the semifinals, he defeated David Ferrer in three sets.[13] Federer then lost to Nadal in the final in straight sets, 46, 67.[14]
Federer at the 2010 French Open
In the third round of the French Open, Federer beat Julian Reister to register his 700th ATP-level match victory and 150th on clay.[15] He followed this milestone by defeating Wawrinka in the fourth round. Federer lost in the quarterfinals to Robin Sφderling, ending his 6-year streak of consecutive Grand Slam semifinals.[16] Moreover, after the end of tournament, he lost the World No. 1 ranking to Nadal, leaving Federer at 285 weeks of being World No. 1. Sampras holds the record of 286 weeks.
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29th November 2010, 11:09 AM
#1474
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Gerry weber open and Wimbledon
He next played at the Gerry Weber Open, where he lost to Hewitt in the final in three sets. In doubles, Federer and Allegro lost in the first round to Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Next, Federer attempted to defend his title at the Wimbledon Championships. Since Wimbledon has a different formula for seedings based on grass court achievements, Federer was seeded first above World No. 1 Rafael Nadal. In the first round Federer won for the 200th occasion in Grand Slam matches as he came from 2 sets down to beat Alejandro Falla, who served for the match in the 4th set, 57, 46, 64, 76, 60.[17][18]
Federer beat Ilija Bozoljac in 4 sets. The score was 64, 67, 64, 76. He next faced Arnaud Clement and had a straight sets victory 62 64 62. At the fourth round, Federer defeated No.16 seed Jurgen Melzer 63, 62, 63. In the quarterfinals he faced Tomas Berdych, and lost 46 63 16 46. With this defeat, Federer will be ranked No.3 at the end of Wimbledon which is his lowest ranking since November 10, 2003.
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29th November 2010, 11:11 AM
#1475
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Fall Hard court season 2010 Rogers Cup - US Open
During Federer's summer break between Wimbledon and Canada he hired Pete Sampras' old coach Paul Annacone to revive his fortune to start with on a trial period.[20] After beating Chela in his first match at the 2010 Rogers Cup Federer broke Andre Agassi's record for Master level wins as he won his 210th match.[21] Federer then over came quarterfinal and semifinal challenges from Berdych and Djokovic respectively, winning the first set of both matches before dropping the second and having to fight hard to capture the decider. His triumph over Djokovic, the World No. 2, ensured he would reclaim that ranking regardless of the outcome of his final showdown with Murray, the defending champion.[22]
Federer lost in the final 75, 75.[23] A week later, Federer played in the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, Ohio, still seeded third behind Nadal and Djokovic but competing as World No. 2 for the first time since Wimbledon. He received a bye in the first round, and then got another break when Uzbekistani second-round opponent Denis Istomin was forced to retire in the first set, and then he advanced to the quarterfinals in a walkover when Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany pulled out of a third-round tie with the Swiss, citing a shoulder injury.[24]
He defeated frequent tour opponent and World No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko 64, 75, and advanced to the semifinals. He defeated Marcos Baghdatis 64, 63 and advanced to the finals. There he defeated Mardy Fish 67(5), 76(1), 64, and successfully defended the title. Federer began his quest for a sixth U.S. Open title with a easy win over Brian Dabul, the score was 61, 64, 62. Federer next beat Andreas Beck 63 64 63. In the third round, Federer defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 64, 63, 63. In the round of 16, Federer faced Roland Garros semifinalist Jurgen Melzer and won 63, 76 (74), 63.
Then, in the quarterfinals, he faced Robin Soderling, who had recently beaten him in the quarterfinals of the 2010 French Open, ending his streak of 6-year streak of consecutive Grand Slam semifinals. Federer defeated Soderling 64, 64, 75. He narrowly lost to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals 75, 16, 75, 26, 57, after failing to convert two match points in the final set (54, 4015). As a result, Djokovic has risen to No.2 in the world and Federer fallen to No.3.
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29th November 2010, 11:15 AM
#1476
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Paris/shanghai Masters, Wins at Basel and Stockholm
Federer competed at the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai where he was seeded third and had a bye in the first round. Federer defeated John Isner and Andreas Seppi to advance to the quarter-finals where he defeated World No.5 Robin Soderling. He revenged his last US open lose against Djokovic 75, 64. However, in the final, Federer fell to Murray 36, 26. His next tournament was the IF Stockholm Tournament. He got a bye in the first round, defeated the American Taylor Dent in the next round 61, 62 and defeated fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka next 26, 63, 62.
Up next, in the semi-final, was Ivan Ljubicic whom Federer beat in 2 sets, 76, 62. Federer won his 64th tour-level title, tying with Pete Sampras for fourth place on the Open Era titles list, as he beat Florian Mayer 64, 63 in the final to win his first Stockholm crown.
He next participated at the 2010 Davidoff Swiss Indoors as the top seed. He defeated Djokovic the final 64, 36, 61 to win a record fourth title at the event. This was his 65th career title placing him fourth in the all time list, surpassing Pete Sampras' record of 64 career titles. At the BNP Paribas Masters, Federer reached his first semifinal, where he lost to Gael Monfils 67(7), 76(1), 67(4) despite holding 5 match points.
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29th November 2010, 11:18 AM
#1477
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2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
Roger Federer won all his round robin matches and defeated Djokovic in Semis and Nadal (6-3. 3-6, 6-1) to win his 5th ATP WTF Title. Federer has now Equalled Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl with 5 World Tour Finals Win.
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29th November 2010, 11:20 AM
#1478
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Grand slam Match results of Roger Federer in 2010.
Tournament Round Result Opponent Score
Australian Open
1R Win Igor Andreev 46, 62, 76(2), 60
2R Win Victor Hanescu 62, 63, 62
3R Win Albert Montaριs 63, 64, 64
4R Win Lleyton Hewitt 62, 63, 64
QF Win Nikolay Davydenko 26, 63, 60, 75
SF Win Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 62, 63, 62
F Win (16) Andy Murray 63, 64, 76(11)
French Open
1R Win Peter Luczak 64, 61, 62
2R Win Alejandro Falla 76(4), 62, 64
3R Win Julian Reister 64, 60, 64
4R Win Stanislas Wawrinka 63, 76(5), 62
QF Loss Robin Sφderling 63, 36, 57, 46
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29th November 2010, 11:21 AM
#1479
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Grandslam Result's Cont'd
Wimbledon
1R Win Alejandro Falla 57, 46, 64, 76 (1), 60
2R Win Ilija Bozoljac 63, 67 (4), 64, 76 (5)
3R Win Arnaud Clιment 62, 64, 62
4R Win Jόrgen Melzer 63, 62, 63
QF Loss Tomα Berdych 46, 63, 16, 46
US Open
1R Win Brian Dabul 61, 64, 62
2R Win Andreas Beck 63, 64, 63
3R Win Paul-Henri Mathieu 64, 63, 63
4R Win Jurgen Melzer 63, 76(4), 63
QF Win Robin Sφderling 64, 64, 75
SF Loss Novak Djokovic 75, 16, 75, 26, 57
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29th November 2010, 11:24 AM
#1480
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Match Tournament Country Start
Date Type I/O Surface Round Opponent/Rank Result Score
1088 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha Qatar 1/4 250 Outdoor Hard 1R Christophe Rochus (BEL) / #86 Win 61, 62
1089 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha Qatar 1/4 250 Outdoor Hard 2R Evgeny Korolev (RUS) / #53 Win 62, 64
1090 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha Qatar 1/4 250 Outdoor Hard QF Ernests Gulbis (LAT) / #90 Win 62, 46, 64
1091 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha Qatar 1/4 250 Outdoor Hard SF Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) / #6 Loss 64, 64
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