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September 3, 2011, Saturday
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ROGER Federer provided a tennis clinic both during and after his win over Dudi Sela at the US Open on Thursday.
Prompted in the on-court interview after his 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over the Israeli to give all the tennis players in the stands a few quick pointers about how to dial in their serve, Federer offered this advice.
"It all starts with a good ball toss," he said after moving easily to the third round. "Sometime, people think it's just the swing, but I think the ball toss creates your motion after that. You should keep your elbow high on the serve, then the better you get, the more you can use rotation and legs."
It worked great against Sela. Federer finished with six aces in a second-round win that took only 1 hour, 17 minutes.
In the night's late match at Arthur Ashe Stadium, top-ranked Novak Djokovic's had an equally easy time over 1 1/2 hours to beat Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-0, 6-0, 6-2.
At least Djokovic put on a show while improving to 59-2 in 2011. He repeatedly toyed with his opponent, including a back-to-the-court, between-the-legs shot to win a point in the last game.
Djokovic won the first 14 games, sending reporters scrambling to find the last time a player won a match without losing a game at the US Open (for the record, Ivan Lendl won by a shutout in 1987). Berlocq finally did win a game, earning a standing ovation in the process.
Earlier, No. 28 Serena Williams beat Michaella Krajicek 6-0, 6-1 in 49 minutes to end the day session about three hours earlier than normal. The other day match in Ashe was No. 7 Francesca Schiavone's 6-1, 6-1 victory over Mirjana Lucic.
Williams, who pulled out of a warmup match in Cincinnati last month, hasn't lost a match in which she's actually taken the court since the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
First game
Top-seeded woman Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark lost her serve in the first game, then rolled off 12 of the next 13 in an easy 6-2, 6-0 victory over Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands. Wozniacki's next match is against American Vania King, who beat 29th-seeded Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia.
In other early action, No. 16 Ana Ivanovic got a walkover when Petra Cetkovska pulled out with an injured quadriceps. No. 11 Jelena Jankovic and No. 18 Roberta Vinci also advanced in straight sets while No. 10 Andrea Petkovic needed three sets to get by Zheng Jie of China.
On the men's side, No. 8 Mardy Fish, got to the third round for the third consecutive time at the US Open by beating Tunisian qualifier Malek Jaziri 6-2, 6-2, 6-4, ninth-seeded Tomas Berdych defeated Fabio Fognini of Italy, 7-5, 6-0, 6-0, while No. 7 Gael Monfils took a 2-1 sets lead over Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Prompted in the on-court interview after his 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over the Israeli to give all the tennis players in the stands a few quick pointers about how to dial in their serve, Federer offered this advice.
"It all starts with a good ball toss," he said after moving easily to the third round. "Sometime, people think it's just the swing, but I think the ball toss creates your motion after that. You should keep your elbow high on the serve, then the better you get, the more you can use rotation and legs."
It worked great against Sela. Federer finished with six aces in a second-round win that took only 1 hour, 17 minutes.
In the night's late match at Arthur Ashe Stadium, top-ranked Novak Djokovic's had an equally easy time over 1 1/2 hours to beat Carlos Berlocq of Argentina 6-0, 6-0, 6-2.
At least Djokovic put on a show while improving to 59-2 in 2011. He repeatedly toyed with his opponent, including a back-to-the-court, between-the-legs shot to win a point in the last game.
Djokovic won the first 14 games, sending reporters scrambling to find the last time a player won a match without losing a game at the US Open (for the record, Ivan Lendl won by a shutout in 1987). Berlocq finally did win a game, earning a standing ovation in the process.
Earlier, No. 28 Serena Williams beat Michaella Krajicek 6-0, 6-1 in 49 minutes to end the day session about three hours earlier than normal. The other day match in Ashe was No. 7 Francesca Schiavone's 6-1, 6-1 victory over Mirjana Lucic.
Williams, who pulled out of a warmup match in Cincinnati last month, hasn't lost a match in which she's actually taken the court since the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
First game
Top-seeded woman Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark lost her serve in the first game, then rolled off 12 of the next 13 in an easy 6-2, 6-0 victory over Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands. Wozniacki's next match is against American Vania King, who beat 29th-seeded Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia.
In other early action, No. 16 Ana Ivanovic got a walkover when Petra Cetkovska pulled out with an injured quadriceps. No. 11 Jelena Jankovic and No. 18 Roberta Vinci also advanced in straight sets while No. 10 Andrea Petkovic needed three sets to get by Zheng Jie of China.
On the men's side, No. 8 Mardy Fish, got to the third round for the third consecutive time at the US Open by beating Tunisian qualifier Malek Jaziri 6-2, 6-2, 6-4, ninth-seeded Tomas Berdych defeated Fabio Fognini of Italy, 7-5, 6-0, 6-0, while No. 7 Gael Monfils took a 2-1 sets lead over Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero.
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