Federer dispatches Del Potro to reach third-round at Cincy

Third-seeded Roger Federer of Switzerland earned an easy straight sets 6-3 7-5 victory over World No. 19 Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina and advanced into the third-round of the 2011 Cincinnati Open.

16 time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer took on his arch rival and Argentine superstar Juan Martin Del Potro on Tuesday, as he started off his title defence at the 2011 Western and Southern Open, an ATP World Tour 1000 event being played here in Cincinnati, USA. With his fine play, third-seeded Federer earned a comprehensive 6-3 7-5 victory over World No. 19 Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina and advanced into the third-round of the 2011 Cincinnati Open.

Federer won this match in 1 hour and 31 minutes, as he served really well and also executed precision-oriented shots. Federer fired 12 aces and hammered 35 massive winners. The Swiss ace converted 2 out of 8 break points to make it an easy affair in the end.

With a single break of serve, third-seed Roger Federer clinched the first set in 36 minutes against Juan Martin Del Potro, who did not have any break point to make a comeback - in the first set. Federer fired 5 aces, hammered 16 winners and earned 84% points on his first serve.

Juan Martin Del Potro showed some resilience in the second-set before he committed a few errors and got broken in the eleventh game. Federer held on to his serve in the next game and won the match in straight sets. In the third-round, Federer will take on World No. 84 James Blake of USA, who eased past Fabio Fognini of Italy in straight sets with a 6-4 6-2 scoreline.

Earlier in the day, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga displayed trademark power tennis to breeze past Marin Cilic 6-3 6-4, in the first round of the 2011 Cincinnati Open. Tsonga is joined by ninth seed Nicolas Almagro in the next round, who also scored a confident 7-6(5), 6-4 win over compatriot Albert Montanes to move ahead in the draw. Serbian Janko Tipsarevic also advanced to the second round with hard earned 6-0, 3-6, 7-6(5) win over Eduardo Roger-Vasselin.