Federer stays bullish despite Toronto loss
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A WEEKEND title defeat in Canada did not dent the hopes of a resurgent Roger Federer as the world No. 3 keeps to a steady pace in his buildup to the US Open.
The Swiss, who turned 33 last week, said that his loss in Toronto to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was a disappointment but also a huge chance to gather more information on the current state of his game, which is bolstered by a new racquet.
While the Swiss missed out on his third title of the season after playing in seven finals, he did start putting the pieces in place as he begins as second seed at this week’s final US Open tune-up, the Cincinnati Masters.
“I’m overall pretty happy that I made the finals in my first tournament back on hard courts,” Federer said. “I had a few tough matches which clearly gave me a lot of information.
“I know what I need to work on the next few days and next few weeks, which is good to know what I need to do other than feeling lost. I wish I could have played a bit better in the final, but the facts were that it was tough for me.
“There were things I could have done better, but overall it was a positive week. I go away from this feeling good about my chances and also at the US Open and for the rest of the season.
“It’s another good tournament for me, which I’m happy about.”
In the first round action on Monday, American John Isner redeemed himself after his early exit in Toronto a week ago, with the 11th seed beating Canadian quarterfinalist Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-4. Isner fired 15 aces in his 55-minute win.
The match was just the second in their 10 meetings in which at least one set didn’t go a tiebreaker. “That one’s not the norm for us,” said Isner. “I thought I played well from the very beginning. I was seeing the ball well. From the first warmup ball, I felt like it was going to be a good night. It helped that Kevin didn’t play as well as he normally plays. A lot of things went well.”
Spanish 16th seed Tommy Robredo advanced over American Jack Sock 7-6 (7/5), 6-3.
Philipp Kohlschreiber beat Jeremy Chardy of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 and Benjamin Becker surprised Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 to end a six-match losing streak against the giant Croat.
France’s Gilles Simon beat Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-2.
In women’s opening-round matches, ninth seeded Ana Ivanovic kept her back problem under control to defeat good friend Sorona Cirstea of Romania 6-1, 7-5. Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova upset 11th seed Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-3 while No. 12 Caroline Wozniacki started with a win over Magdelena Rybarikova 6-2, 6-3. Italian 13th seed Flavia Pennetta beat South African Chanelle Scheepers 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2.
Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine defeated Lauren Davis of the US 6-3, 6-2; China’s Zhang Shuai beat British qualifier Heather Watson 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
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