Swiss 2-0 up over Italy in Davis Cup
13 Sept 2014 5:45 AM IST
A win in Saturday's doubles will mean that the Swiss will be in the Davis Cup final for just the second time after finishing second to the United States in 1992. Federer, a 17-time Grand Slam champion who has never appeared in a Davis Cup final, was taken all the way in the first set against Bolleli, but eased ahead by winning the tie-break. But once Federer grabbed the first service break of the match after more than an hour's play to move 5-3 up, Bolleli's standard of play started to fall away.
Another break of serve thanks to a netcord in the third game of the third set sent Federer on his way
and he made no mistake after that. ‘It was quite frustrating at times but that's indoor tennis. Playing beautiful, nice points didn't really matter. I just stayed with him,’ the Swiss star said of a match played in front of a capacity 18,000 crowd.
Australian Open champion Wawrinka was never troubled by Fognini, dominating the Italian with 37 winners, and 16 aces. France were 2-0 up over the Czech Republic at the end of the first day in the other semi-final in Paris against the defending champions the Czech Republic.
Another break of serve thanks to a netcord in the third game of the third set sent Federer on his way
and he made no mistake after that. ‘It was quite frustrating at times but that's indoor tennis. Playing beautiful, nice points didn't really matter. I just stayed with him,’ the Swiss star said of a match played in front of a capacity 18,000 crowd.
Australian Open champion Wawrinka was never troubled by Fognini, dominating the Italian with 37 winners, and 16 aces. France were 2-0 up over the Czech Republic at the end of the first day in the other semi-final in Paris against the defending champions the Czech Republic.
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