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Miami – Roger Federer is preparing for a dam Kevin Anderson Big serves after the Swiss superstar sealed his place in the quarterfinals of the ATP and WTA Miami Open in just 61 minutes on Wednesday.
Federer celebrates 20 years of this tournament and is getting closer to his fourth title in South Florida, while the future Russian Daniil Medvedev has been sidelined 6-4 and 6-2.
The legendary South African world number seven, who defeated the 37-year-old at Wimbledon in 2018 on five dramatic sets, will be the next to play in the legend of the 20 Grand Slam victories.
This triumph was Anderson's only win over Federer in six attempts – and the only time he won a set.
But after dealing with Medvedev's clbad, the former world number one knows that it will not be that simple with the Anderson 6ft8in located at the other end of the central court of Hard Rock Stadium.
"I think if you beat me at Wimbledon, you have my attention," smiled Federer.
"He has excellent service and I am happy that he is playing again after his injury.
"So, from that point of view, I know what I'm about to wait for tomorrow, the matches I played against him, I know, can be extremely tight at any given time, because of the possibilities he has service.
"I think the best surface for him is probably this type of hard ground here in the United States where he spent a lot of time training.
"I just have to make sure to protect my service and decide, maybe sometimes, to participate in the rallies and then find a way, so it will be interesting to see how things go."
The key moment against Medvedev came near the end of the first set: Federer broke his serve for 5-4 – a match that saw him win an exchange of 34 shots – before saving three break points for his own service to seal the first set.
The missed opportunity seriously hurt Medvedev, who surrendered when he was broken in the first match of the second.
"It's very important to stay at the end of the first set, but in the second, I played well and I really shot," said Federer, who won 81% of the points. of his first serve and finished the match at 85%.
Defending champion John Isner, meanwhile, has qualified for the semi-finals since Roberto Bautista Agut, who had sent the world number one, Novak Djokovic, crush the previous round, was preview 7-6 (7-1), 7-6, (7-5).
"I've been very lucky here," said the American, who beat Ace 24 against only 3 for the Spaniard. 6 (7/3), 6-2.
In the women's draw, Simona Halep is preparing to recover her world championship title after a well-executed 6-4, 7-5 victory over Wang Qiang of China.
Following the release of Petra Kvitova on Tuesday, Halep only has to reach the final on Saturday to overthrow Naomi Osaka from the top of women's tennis after being dismissed after Japan's second major victory at the Open. from Australia earlier this year.
Halep's resumption of 1-5 in the second set showed the kind of mental strength shown by only the best and the Romanian is fit to win her first title in Miami, although she's not too much absorbed by the prospect of recovering the title. number one tag.
"It does not mean everything to return to number 1. It is more important to finish the year at this position," said world number two, who will face Karolina Pliskova, world number five, or Marketa Vondrousova, in the last four.
"But if I do, I'll be very proud."
Wednesday WTA and ATP Miami Open Tournament Results (x indicates seeds):
Men
Fourth round
Roger Federer (SUI x4) by Daniil Medvedev (RUS x13) 6-4, 6-2
Quarter-finals
John Isner (United States x7) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP x22) 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/5)
Felix Auger-Alibadime (CAN) of Borna Coric (CRO x11) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2
Women
Quarter-finals
Simona Halep (ROM x2) by Wang Qiang (CHN x18) 6-4, 7-5
Karolina Pliskova (CZE x5) Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 6-3, 6-4
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