The Swiss Roger Federer continued yesterday with its solid progress towards its fifth consecutive title at the U.S. Open, when she beat smoothly into Czech Radek Stepanek, 6-3, 6-3 and 6-2 and advance to the final round Grand Slam of the season. Another U.S. Open champion, American Andy Roddick, also secured a place in the second week of the tournament that awards divided by $ 20.6 million, between men and women.
Federer, who seeks rebound in a year in which joined unusual defeats and has even lost the privilege of sitial in ranquin of the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP), claimed as revenge for the defeat that he inflicted Stepanek in Rome last May.
"For me it is good not expend energy. I am playing well and progressing in the table. At the end of history, what counts is to win the tournament, "said the 12 times winner of Grand Slam tournaments.
For the Swiss, yesterday was the thirtieth consecutive victory in Flushing Meadows, where the latest defeat was the Argentinian David Nalbandián in 2003.
The next opponent for Federer will be the Russian Igor Andreev, executioner yesterday's Spanish Fernando Verdasco, with partial 6-2, 6-4 and 6-4.
Roddick, champion in 2003 at this tournament, beat smoothly into Italian Andreas Seppi, 6-2, 7-5 and 7-6 (7-4).
"I feel good. Only this is get fit physically and mentally. I am anxious, I do not see when playing the round, "said the U.S. hoped that by the winner of the clash between Chilean Fernando Gonzalez and Finnish Jarka Nieminen.
For his part, Russian Nikolai Davydenko, fifth favourite and who in the last two editions of the U.S. Open fell to Federer in the semis, were put on round to beat his compatriot Dmitry Tursunov, 6-2, 7-6 (7 -3) And 6-3.
In another third round match of the male branch, Luxembourg Gilles Muller, excampeón junior in New York, was imposed in more than three hours to match Spanish Nicolas Almagro, 6-7 (3-7), 3-6, 7 -6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6) and 7-5. Now Muller adjudicated a place in rooms with Davydenko.
On the other side of women, serbia Jelena Jankovic yesterday became the first Quarter of the U.S. Open and thus maintains open the possibility of access to the top of ranquin global professional feminists.
Jankovic, currently number two in the career ladder, was imposed on the Danish Caroline Wozniacki with slate of 3-6, 6-2 and 6-1.
His next opponent will be Austrian Sybille Bammer, who yesterday eliminated the French Marion Bartoli, 7-6 (7-3), 0-6 and 6-4.
"Little by little, every day I see that I am going to improve. Physically I'm moving much better. That is my objective, try to return to meet with my best game. I think I'm on the right track, "said serbia.
At the close of the U.S. Open, Jankovic could displace the first to ranquin WTA his compatriot Ana Ivanovic, who was already eliminated from the tournament.
