Another victory for the tennis throne: Kohlschreiber cannot stop Federer

Rotterdam (SID) Roger Federer is about to make his historic return to the tennis throne. In the round of 20 of the ATP tournament in Rotterdam on Thursday evening, the 7-time Grand Slam winner defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber in two hard-fought sets 6:10 (8:7), 5:XNUMX. Federer is now only one win away from regaining the top spot in the world rankings on Monday at 36 years, six months and eleven days as the oldest player in history, which he last held five and a half years ago in October 2012. The last hurdle on the way there is the Dutch local hero Robin Haase, against whom Federer has won the previous two comparisons without losing a set. "I could never have imagined that this chance would come again now," said Federer: "It's hard to become number one. Now I'm looking forward to the match - I can hardly wait." Kohlschreiber offered the Swiss veteran a great fight. In the first set, the 34-year-old fended off a set point at 5:6 and served in the subsequent tiebreak at 6:4 to win the set, but Federer responded and secured the first set himself a few minutes later. In the second round, Kohlschreiber also fought against his 13th defeat in the 13th comparison with the record Grand Slam winner, but did not get a break point on Federer's serve and lost his service for the first time in the game when the score was 5:5.

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Another victory for the tennis throne: Kohlschreiber cannot stop Federer

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