Tennis News By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - Roger Federer launched his North American hard court campaign and bid for an 80th career title in impressive style blowing past Canadian Peter Polansky 6-2 6-0 on Tuesday and into the third round of the Rogers Cup. Seeing his first action since an epic five set loss to world number one Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final, Federer lacked sharpness at times but still barely worked up a good sweat on a balmy summer evening needing just 52 minutes to dispose of the Canadian wild card. I was happy, I started well and thats always helpful to play more freely, said Federer, a two-time winner this season. Im very relieved and just really pleased. Federer, who will celebrate his 33rd birthday on Friday, has reached the final four times winning the title twice, and a Canadian hat-trick would give the second seeded Swiss a milestone 80th career title.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:17:53 +0000
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