In 2020, before the influence of Covid-19 epidemic, Halle Open could not take place as planned. Therefore, Roger Federer is still the reigning championship after the title won in 2019. Besides, the Swiss “Express train” is also the record of the tournament with a total of 10 times to win the throne.
After withdrawing from Roland Garros, Federer decided to be present at Halle Open 2021 to run the momentum for Wimbledon. In the first round, the world -class player in the world easily surpassed Ilya Ivashka to win tickets. However, suddenly happened in the second round.
Facing “Sao Mai” just turned 20 years old, Felix Auger -anssime, Federer lost back and forth. Entering set 1, the two players chased each other closely. At game 6, the score was equivalent to 3-3. The turning point came in game 7 when FedEx won an important break after 2 phases along the class. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Swiss tennis player won 2 more games and ended the first set with victory 6-4.
Set Set 2, Federer suddenly came down to see. After exchanging the game back and forth to game 5, Auger -anssime suddenly won the break in game 6. Meanwhile, FedEx broke a lot, thereby receiving 3-6 defeat in Set 2.
Draw 1-1, the two players were forced to enter the 3rd set to determine the victory. In this set, Federer shows signs of “letting” when losing continuously the first 4 games. Of these, up to 3 times Auger -anssime won the break. The more confident, the 21st world player ends the match with a perfect ACE. The score now is 6-2 in favor of Auger -anssime. The match ended.
In the end, Federer received 1-2 defeat and officially stopped in the second round of Halle Open 2021. With the two leading candidates, Federer and Medvedev were eliminated, the chance for Zverev to be crowned is huge. The German player will fight the second round tomorrow.
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