Federer not looking good at all. Very worrying.
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He's been making a lot of UEs since Montreal. Form wise he peaked at Indian Wells and has gotten worse gradually.
His back is clearly not well, his movement is awful for his standards. I can see him los this.
Youzhny takes the 2nd.
And he was also fantastic at Halle, btw.
1-1.
From 5-4 serving for the set to losing it, quite an implosion.
From 5-4 serving for the set to losing it, quite an implosion.
Fed is not making this any easier on himself. Even if he wins, he would've played at least 9 sets in 48 hours, which will catch up with him later in the tournament.
I dont think his Halle/Wimby form, good as it was, was as good as IW.
Back is probably still a lingering issue. He's avoiding stretching and his shot is tame.
Federer doesn't look particularly interested, weird performance so far.
I went away at 5-3, and I come back at 6-7?!?
Changed his racquet before the 9th game. Completely collapsed for 10 min.
Could be rusty. Same as against Tiafoe - up and down.
It happens when you get older I suppose.
Such a strange couple of matches from him so far. Also he has been the opposite of crunch. Usually he's inefficient at taking BPs but also very good at saving them, this time at the first sign of a break his own serve collapses.
Thank God I did not watch the Dimitrov match. Just when he gets everybody's hopes up, he proceeds to have a proper meltdown. How do you lose 5 games in a row? Ridiculous.
It's like carousel - he was the same at 21
Oh my god this is awful
I think he's going out
Youzhny is twatting it at full pelt and it's working. Federer strangely keeps trying to slice.
Down again.
Down again.
It's probably the dress he's wearing - he has no confidence at all.
This looks a lot like that match against Donskoy
I'd be surprised. He played like this the other night and still managed to get through. Although these first two performances don't exactly inspire confidence that he'll go very deep this tournament.
Good news is Youhzny isn't even playing that well so if he can cut out the errors he might have a chance. Pretty sure he's going out though, wonder how much we'll see of him before 2018.
When he goes aggressive, Youzhny has no answer, playing passive is just inviting errors.
Federer will find a way. He almost always does.
This rally business doesn't work, just go up the damn net. Nothing is coming off.
Jesus... what the hell is he doing?
Could be his back. Serving well below 120mph even on first serves. No confidence in his shots, timing is off.
You feel Youzny needed that SP to go his way...
Well, Fed saves 2 SP and holds. Big test of nerves this for Youzny. Somehow don't think he'll hold here.
First serve is terrible and since Youzhny figured out that as long as he returns well and keep the rally long Fed will make mistakes, nothing has gone his way.
I don't think Youzny will be able to sustain his error free tennis much longer.
Well... dire situation. He looks lost.
You were saying?
All momentum is with him now.
This match has Donskoy and Haas written all over it.
Federer going to have to win in 5 again today then.
Ljubicic looks dejected, maybe he knows something we don't.
Fed's not winning this tourny even if he comes through this match, definitely not 100%. Actually impossible to call who is going to win it.
It's the best shot Nadal will ever get.
There it is.
40-15 and broken? That's a shame.
Anyway, that's probably that now. It'll be over in under an hour now.
Anyway, that's probably that now. It'll be over in under an hour now.
Looks like the psychological pendulum has swung back to Fed. Hard for Youzny to get it back now.
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