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  • Third Round Recap: Federer Crushes Gicquel

    6/28/08 8:26 AM | Ricky Dimon
    - Roger Federer destroys Marc Gicquel in straight sets, advancing to the fourth round of Wimbledon. He is joined there by Lleyton Hewitt and Fernando Verdasco.

    Roger Federer d. Marc Gicquel 6-3, 6-3, 6-1

    Federer dropped serve in the opening game of the match and then lost six games total the rest of the way, including no more on serve. The Swiss committed a mere 11 unforced errors and fired nine aces to just one double fault. Obviously dictating play throughout the proceedings against Gicquel, Federer won an impressive 22 of 26 points in which he came to net. The Frenchman's only real hope of staying competitive was to put almost every single first serve in, because his opponent constantly jumped all over the second deliveries. Federer should start to encounter more resistance when he takes on his first seeded opponent in Lleyton Hewitt.

    Lleyton Hewitt d. Simone Bolelli 6-1, 6-3, 7-6(2)

    It looked like the Lleyton Hewitt of old out there on Friday, as the Aussie simply refused to make any unforced errors. To be exact, Hewitt committed five throughout the entire match and that was far too few for Bolelli to contend with. The Italian, who scored one of his biggest wins ever in the second round against Fernando Gonzalez, could not sustain the same form and he sprayed 27 errors. Bolelli's return of serve really let him down and he never sniffed a single break point. He managed to take care of his own serve to take set three into a tiebreaker, but Hewitt dominated from there and finished his opponent off with his seventh ace.


    Fernando Verdasco d. Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-4, 6-0

    Verdasco is back in the fourth round of Wimbledon for a second time after one of the best performances of his career. He completely dismantled Berdych in one hour and 39 minutes and his opponent did not even play that bad. The big Czech faltered a bit due to the wind (he put in just over half of his first serves), but ultimately he could do nothing against Verdasco regardless of the conditions. The Spaniard blasted 11 aces, committed just 11 unforced errors in three sets, and never faced a single break point. Both players stayed back for the most part, although Verdasco did win eight of nine net approaches. Next up for the No. 22 seed is Mario Ancic, who defeated Verdasco just a few weeks ago on the grass courts of Queen's Club.

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