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Roger Federer in yet another Divine performance faced only one break point & secured a comfortable 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. 25 Fernando Verdasco to advance to the fourth round of the U.S. Open.


As Federer has been doing right through out this hard court season, Federer came to net frequently (as I have explained many times before, why we refer to Federer's game as divine) & won 25 points from the net compared to 36 from the baseline.



Federer broke Verdasco in the Spaniard's first service game of the second and third sets and was barely challenged on his own serve. The single break point Federer faced came at 3-2 in the second set, when Federer won a 19-stroke rally — the longest of the match — by forcing Verdasco wide and getting him to miss a down-the-line forehand.

As you will notice from these stats,

Verdasco could manage to win only 75 points against Federer's 101 points & Federer had the control of the momentum for almost 90% of the match.

Set 1

Federer broke Verdasco in the 8th game of the first set & won the 1st set easily in 34 mins without facing any break point.

SET 2

Federer broke Verdasco in the Spaniard's first service game of the second set & The single break point Federer faced came at 3-2 in the second set, when Federer won a 19-stroke rally — the longest of the match — by forcing Verdasco wide and getting him to miss a down-the-line forehand.

SET 3

Federer again broke Verdasco in the first game of the third set & didn't face any break point in the 3rd set.

Here is the overall match statistics of the match for you ::::::::

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Here are a few pics from the match :::::::::::::

Image Credit, Courtesy & Copy-right ::: Getty

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Roger Federer after the match asking the crowd who wants the ball

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Flawless service action of Roger Federer during the 3rd round match vs Fernando Verdasco at US Open, 2012

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Here is Roger Federer signing autographs after the 3rd round at US Open, 2012

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Here are the video highlights from the match :::::::;

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Here is how Roger Federer finished the match with a slice backhand smash ----

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Here is a better quality video of the match point

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Here is the post match interview of Roger Federer








I liked the way when Roger Federer told Mary Joe Fernandez that he thinks, he needs to volley more often & Federer is not sure, if his volley is good enough & if he keeps working on it, it should get better .......






If I heard correctly, Federer also said, that while serving for the match, that semi-final moment of US Open, 2011 came to his mind.

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& interestingly, in the post match press conference/presser, Roger Federer made two very important points



Asked if Roger Federer has a cold, RF laughs & says it's just all of the air conditioning in this country. Says he does have a "blocked nose"...



ALso, Roger Federer stated that his relationship with Rafael Nadal is based on a lot of trust.




Here is the link of the full presser ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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For ATP Ranking secenarios post US Open 2012, see this post -----


http://www.rogerfede...t-us-open-2012/





For detailed discussion on the US Open 2012 draw, see this post ----------



http://www.rogerfede...f-us-open-2012/

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1 more highlights video..