French Open 2013: Roger Federer Suddenly Facing More Questions After QF Loss

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Published: June 4, 2013

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Today started out as a good day for Roger Federer.

In his French Open quarterfinal against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, he converted his first break point of the match to go up an early break in the first set.

To many, that might not seem like a huge deal, but to Federer fans who often rue their favorite player’s poor break point conversion stats, it was a sign. Federer was dialed in, focused and ready to win this match.

Unfortunately, not much went right for Federer after that.

With an onslaught of powerful serves and forehands from Tsonga and a plethora of errors from Federer, the Genius at Work landed at the wrong end of a beatdown.

In just one hour and 53 minutes, Tsonga advanced to the semifinals with a decisive 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 victory over the 17-time Grand Slam champion. It was one of the most lopsided defeats of Federer's Grand Slam career.





2013 has not been a great year by Federer standards.

He was straight-setted by Julien Benneteau in Rotterdam, defeated in a tight three-setter by Tomas Berdych in Dubai, crushed by Rafael Nadal on both hard courts and clay and taken down by Kei Nishikori a few weeks ago in Madrid.



He is midway through the season without a title and his only win versus top-10 opposition came against Tsonga in five sets in the Australian Open quarterfinals. 

At the French Open this year, he was blessed with a wonderful draw. With both Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal nestled on the other half, the highest-ranked opponent he had to face before the final was David Ferrer, who he holds a 14-0 advantage over. 

This was a great opportunity for him to make another run at the only Slam he hasn't won multiple times.

Yet when Tsonga got going, Federer had no solutions. He double-faulted on a break point, he missed overhead smashes into the net and he framed f...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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