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1. Voo de Mar says:

   March 6, 2022 at 12:00 pm

   Points won by each set: [ 28-22, 33-26 ]
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   40 % Federer – 20 of 50
   32 % Roddick – 19 of 59

   Roddick [5] – the best player of 2003 – was in the shadow of Federer [1] in the next few years. The American lost 11 consecutive matches to the Swiss, and after that US final he’d lost to him the match No. 5 on the streak… he couldn’t even win a set in 13 attempts then. In that Cincy final he created an outlook to do this leading *3:2 (30/0) in the 2nd set playing good serve-and-volley tennis, but the advantage quickly evaporated. “He’s the guy that all of us are chasing,” said Roddick. “He’s the main guy and then there’s probably four or five of us (just behind). Maybe we need to do just a tag-team effort or something, join forces, like Power Rangers or something.”

   Federer’s route to his 31st title:
   1 James Blake 7-6(3), 7-5
   2 Nicolas Kiefer 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
   3 Oliver Rochus 6-3, 6-4
   Q Jose Acasuso 6-4, 6-3
   S Robby Ginepri 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
   W Andy Roddick 6-3, 7-5

   # Federer two games away from losing to Ginepri in consecutive sets; similar scoreline against Kiefer, but in that match Federer had sets 2 & 3 under full control

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