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Wimbledon: 'I got a bit lucky,' says Roger Federer
Updated On: 01 July, 2021 08:27 AM IST | London | AFP
Federer fired 16 aces and 54 winners on Tuesday but will be concerned by committing 45 unforced errors. Just five weeks shy of his 40th birthday, Federer next faces Richard Gasquet of France who defeated Japan`s Yuichi Sugita 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. Federer has an 18-2 winning record over Gasquet who last beat the great Swiss star in 2011.
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Roger Federer survived a huge Wimbledon scare on Tuesday when French opponent Adrian Mannarino was forced to retire injured at the start of the fifth set of their first-round tie with the Swiss great admitting: "I got lucky".
Eight-time champion Federer was level at 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 3-6, 6-2 when Mannarino called it quits after just one point in the decider. The Frenchman, celebrating his 33rd birthday, suffered a bad fall on the Centre Court grass in the seventh game of the fourth set. Despite taking treatment from the trainer, he was hardly able to move and, grimacing in pain, had to retire.
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