



Of Australia’s most successful sportsmen but is a superstar of global The popular, charismatic and entertaining Shane Warne is not only one I expect him to come out and play that way.” I know what he can do on his absolute best day because I was one of the guys that got crushed by him as well during that time. That's why I know it's a dangerous round next match. “I'll never disrespect a guy like Nikolay,” said Federer of Davydenko, who has dropped from a career-high No. to Gasquet), defeated Victor Hanescu 6-4, 7-6(2) in one hour and 48 minutes. The Russian, a finalist at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha at the start of the season (l. On Thursday Federer will resume his rivalry with Nikolay Davydenko, over whom he holds an 18-2 Head to Head record. I knew what I wanted to do and I was able to do it, so I'm happy.” So that automatically carves out sort of the things you might want to attempt. “I think I was sharper today,” said Federer. Federer has a 36-4 record at this ATP World Tour 500 hard court tournament, having lifted the trophy in 2003-05, ’07 and last year, beating Andy Murray in the final. 2 Federer is chasing his first ATP World Tour title since August, when he won his 76th tour-level crown at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati defeated Djokovic as 6-0, 7-6. The Swiss’ backhand and reflexes were razor sharp as he broke serve once in each set to prevail in 71 minutes. Roger Federer inched closer to a sixth Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title on Wednesday as he advanced to the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Marcel Granollers.
