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Roger Federer (3rd) had a goal in the London Masters: win the undefeated tournament and reach number two in the ATP rankings. However, the Swiss started his mission with the left foot and lost his debut with the Japanese Kei Nishikori (9th), with partials of 7-6 (4) and 6-3 so Rafael Nadal, who does not play the English tournament, claimed to be in second place.
In the second game of the first group B match, the Swiss were unrecognizable and the Japanese took the opportunity to stay with a round It seemed lost. That's when he was 5-6 in check and with his equal service, the nine players of the world came for 0-30 and had to deploy all his talent to reverse the result and make the most of it. tie-break, where he won by 7 to 4
The second set was largely dominated by Nishikori and broke Federer's game to take advantage. Then he again broke the ball to get 4-2 and from that time he did not stop before beating the Swiss in 88 minutes and show an excellent level.
The first match of the group was won by the South African Kevin Anderson, who beat the Austrian Dominic Thiem in two sets with sets of 6-3 and 7-6 (10) .
From now on, for the second round of group B Federer will measure Anderson, while Thiem will play with Nishikori. The two matches will take place on Tuesday.
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