Federer fends off Massu
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ByEurosport
Published 17/10/2006 at 21:19 GMT
World number one Roger Federer made an authoritative start to his bid to win his 10th title of the year when he saw off the combative Chilean Nicolas Massu 6-3 6-2 in the second round of the Madrid Masters.
TENNIS 2006 Madrid Masters Roger Federer
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Massu, who reached the Madrid final in 2003 but is unseeded this year, played some fine aggressive tennis in the opening set but Federer made so few errors that the Chilean struggled to find any chinks in his armour.
Federer, playing in Madrid for the first time in three years, found his rhythm almost immediately on the rapid hard court surface and soon settled into playing his trademark compact tennis.
The Swiss broke once in the first set and twice in the second to extend his winning streak to 15 matches.
"I think I played the big points better than he did which made it easier for me," said Federer. "If I hadn't done that it could have turned out much harder, but it was a perfect result."
He will play the winner of the match between Spain's former number one Juan Carlos Ferrero and Robin Soderling of Sweden in the third round.
In Tuesday's late games, Marat Safin ground out a 7-6 6-7 6-3 win over Jose Acasuso, while David Nalbandian came from a set down to tame Julien Benneteau 6-7 6-2 7-5.
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