Even the number 1 player in the world isn't invulnerable. In fact he may be more vulnerable than any of the other top 5 players. Federer, came out playing terribly in this match. His forehand was inconsistent and has backhand had nothing on it, he just blocked the ball back to Andreev and allowed him to completely dictate play for almost all of the third set. Finally towards the end of the third Andreev, broke Roger and went to serve for a two sets to one lead. Then everything went awry. Andreev, had 4 set points but he choked them all away, in some really bizarre ways, then in the tie-break, Andreev, mentally collapsed, he lost the tie-break seven points to two and by the beginning of the fourth it was obvious that he was defeated. Roger sent him packing from the tournament with a bagel.
This was a weak showing from Roger, but it's only the first round of the tournament. Most likely he'll continue to improve as the Open progresses and by the end of the first week he'll be playing at a much higher level than he did today. He's got to find a higher level if he wants to reach the finals again because this performance was very, very weak.
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