"I started really well and went into the lead 3-0. But he came back and I was a little bit shaken up I guess," Federer said.
"I got a bit lucky obviously, saving a couple of set points. Then I think I was able to play a bit more aggressively, I relaxed and I played a good match in the end."
Here are the match stats for you -----

As you can see, Roger Federer's only scare was when he was serving on 4-5 down in 1st set & Istomin got 2 break pts (2 set-points)..
After Federer saved those two break points, he broke Istomin in the next game & then served out the 1st set.
The second set was decided by one break of service.
The final score card read 7-5, 6-3 in favour of Roger Federer.


























