From the Waco Tribune:
TOKYO — Roger Federer’s shin is still sore after a run-in with a bedpost this week, but he was fit enough to provide Benjamin Becker with a nightmare encounter of his own Saturday in the Japan Open tennis semifinals. Federer, the world’s top-ranked player, needed only an hour to beat the former Baylor all-American, 6-3, 6-4, dominating every aspect of the game to extend his hard-court record this year to 48-2.
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Federer broke Becker in his opening service game to take a 2-0 lead and the Swiss star’s first of eight aces made it a commanding 3-0 before the former NCAA champion got untracked.
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Becker, who beat former Top 5 player Jiri Novak in the round of 16 and 16th-ranked Jarkko Nieminen in the quarterfinals, earned $32,600 for his first ATP semifi"
3 Comments:
There was a match someday until the middle of the night and was so hard. Was the body all right?
As for me, a heart is attracted by your gentlemanly manner, powerful tennis. I was glad to watch your a lot of matches in Tokyo.
The come-from-behind win of Nieminen was so wonderfull.
Thank you for coming to Japan this year.
Please come back again! I will go to watch your matches next year.
Congratulation semifinal appearance in Tokyo. You defeat high-ranking players.
Thank you for contacting to Japanese fan so kindly, there are many fans of you in Japan. You caught our attention with pleasant personality and vigorous tennis.
I prepared your picture which I took out from Internet of tennis HP beforehand.
I got your signature on the picture,
It is displayed in my room.
I watched your 5 matches.
The match of you and NIEMINEN was really close match.
You who are emotional are also sweet.
Did you have Japanese foods?
Do you like Japan?
You are in home in Florida now?
I hope you have great days in Madrid MS.
Good luck!
I watched your match in MadridMS Ｑ on web livescores.
U have a chance of MS participation in next month again.
Many players will go all out to defeat U who are tough.
U are becoming such a big player.
I am looking forward to seeing your big activitys now go on.
Good luck,Benn!
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