World No.75 Pablo Andujar of Spain ended No. 8 Roger Federer’s 32-match winning streak on Swiss soil, defeating the 39-year-old tennis great 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the second round of the Geneva Open yesterday.<\/p>\n
It was Federer’s first loss in Switzerland since October 27, 2013, when Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro beat him in the Swiss Indoors Basel final.<\/p>\n
Andujar will next face the winner of the second-round match between Switzerland’s Dominic Stephan Stricker (No. 419) and Marton Fucsovics of Hungary.<\/p>\n
Andujar placed his serve deep and capitalised on Federer’s shorter groundstrokes in the early stages. Although Federer’s movement improved, groundstroke errors cost the Swiss at 4-5 when Andujar wrapped up the opening set in 38 minutes.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t until the third game of the second set that Federer created his first break point off a forehand winner. With a 2-1 advantage, Federer grew in confidence and started to impose his all-court game. He finished the set with a flourish, striking a backhand winner to carry the momentum into the decider.<\/p>\n
With the finish line in sight, Federer struggled to land a first serve and Andujar broke back to 4-4 with a forehand winner. Federer saved two match points, before Andujar finally claimed a memorable win in their first meeting.<\/p>\n
Federer was contesting his first match since a quarter-final exit at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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