Roger Federer got his 19th season as a professional tennis player off to a winning start by cruising to a 6-2 6-1 win over World Number 277 player Tobias Kamke from Germany in the second round of the Brisbane International, a ATP 250 Tournament.
Federer made a winning return to the venue where he clinched the milestone 1000th match win of his career when he beat Milos Raonic in last year’s final.
Te Swiss Maestro needed just 55 minutes to cruise past Kamke in the Pat Rafter Arena and claim his spot in the quarter finals of the Brisbane International. Federer beat Kamke 6-2 7-5 6-3 in their only previous match in the first round of the 2012 French Open.
Federer got two early breaks in the first set to race to a 5-1 lead. Kamke held his serve for 2-5 but Federer closed out the first set in the next game after 30 minutes.
Kamke got his first service game before Federer reeled off five consecutive games. In the final game Federer claimed his third break of the second set to wrap up an easy match.
In the quarter finals he will take on Grigor Dimitrov, who came back from a set down to edge Viktor Troicki 5-7 7-6 (7-2) 6-2 in a marathon match. Federer leads 3-0 in his head-to-head matches against Dimitrov. Last year the World Number 3 won their last clash in the Brisbane semifinal with 6-2 6-2.
“Tomorrow is going to be tougher. In practice it’s been great. Then again, tomorrow we’ll see. Grigor has had a tough grind today, but he ‘s extremely match tough. I expect him to be fresh again tomorrow. I played him quite aggressive last year and it worked well”, said Federer
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