The Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, world number two, has overcome this Saturday when France’s Paul-Henri Mathieu (6-4, 6-3, 6-2) in the third round of U.S. Open, fourth and final Grand Slam ‘the year and has qualified for the fourth round to play against Jurgen Melzer or Spanish Juan Carlos Ferrero. The five time U.S. Open winner has started the game more relaxed than usual, and this has benefited Mathieu, who has stood up to the Swiss for the entire first set.

However, Roger Federer showed his high level at specific times, the service needed to break his opponent and let the shock seen for sentencing. The one that seemed would be an opportunity to Mathieu, world number 109, of beating a legend is gone as Federer has started to use the right and access chaining up to 13 for only three of its rival. French Resistance has been dwindling with the passage of the games until after 1 hour and 39 minutes left put the final Federer 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.

The Swiss player is showing the U.S. Open is the tournament favorite, has played the last six finals and won five, looking very solid in the first three stages held so far, which has not yielded a single set. After failing to lift the trophy last year after losing the final against Argentine Del Potro, Federer wants to win his first Grand Slam of the year and thus prevent his arch rival Rafael Nadal, managed to complete the ‘poker’ of four ‘greats’.

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