Roger Federer is more relevant than ever to the 39 years and continues to squander talent on Roland Garros, where he defeated the Croatian Marin Cilic on four sets to advance to third round of the Parisian Grand Slam.
Tennis fans once again enjoyed the best shots from Federer (8th in the ranking) and they went crazy with un drop which ended on the dot and went viral on social media. The Swiss received the powerful serve of the giant Cilic with an amazing calm, “ironing” the ball and giving him the perfect effect so that it happens with total smoothness over the net and make the Croatian’s answer impossible.
Federer, who will meet in August 40 years, beat Cilic 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 and 6-2 at the Philippe Chartier stadium and in the next instance he will face the German Domimik Koepfer (59th) for a position in round of 16.
“I sincerely believe that I played a very good game, I was a little surprisedI didn’t think I could play at this level for two and a half hours against Marin Cilic, “Federer said after the match.
Little Schwartzman advances
Diego Schwartzman joined Federico Delbonis and is in the third round of Roland Garros. The Small, tenth in the world ranking, beat the Slovenian in straight sets (6-4, 6-2, 6-4) Aljaz Body (56º).
Schwartzman will play on Saturday against the German Philipp Kohlschreiber, while Delbonis He will do it on Friday (7.30 Argentine time) against the Italian Fabio Fognini (27°).
On the other hand, the Rosario Federico Coria fell to the Italian and nine of the world Matteo Berrettini with partials of 6-3, 6-3 and 6-2.
