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Roger Federer vs Damir Dzumhur LIVE updates: Swiss star in second round action at US Open


ROGER FEDERER VS DAMIR DZUMHUR LIVE

18:25: It’s currently raining in New York but fortunately there is a roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium so there will be no weather interruptions for this match. 

18:15: Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage of Roger Federer’s second-round clash against Damir Dzumhur at the US Open

ROGER FEDERER VS DAMIR DZUMHUR PREVIEW

Federer dropped the first set against Sumit Nagal on Monday night but battled back to win 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-4.

It was just his third match since the Wimbledon final last month and the Swiss admitted he is still adjusting to the switch to hard courts.

“Yeah, I mean, you can see that way that I haven’t played so much. But I feel like I played a lot this year. I don’t want to say like I feel my body,” he said.

“It’s just a switch, again, from the clay and grass over to now the hard courts. I think it just requires a bit different tempo in the shots. Also maybe sometimes going up again, sort of spinning the ball at times. I don’t think it plays particularly fast, especially also was slower tonight, it was night session again.

“I’m playing a clay-courter, who is comfortable to just rally, keep the ball in play. He actually does a really good job, especially on the inside-out, how he gets around. That was impressive.

“I knew I could struggle, to be quite honest, especially with the rhythm. You will be in trouble if you serve as poorly as I did in the first set. That puts the pressure on because he had the upper hand from the baseline. It was up to me to be able to change that.”



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