Federer has easy start to hard court campaign


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 06 Aug 2014

Aug 5, 2014; Toronto, Ontario Canada; Roger Federer of Switzerland plays a backhand dropshot against Peter Polanski of Canada on day two of the Rogers Cup tennis tournament at Rexall Centre. Mandatory Credit: Peter Llewellyn-USA TODAY Sports

TORONTO (Reuters) - Roger Federer launched his North American hard court campaign and bid for an 80th career title in impressive style blowing past Canadian Peter Polansky 6-2 6-0 on Tuesday and into the third round of the Rogers Cup.

Seeing his first action since an epic five set loss to world number one Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final, Federer lacked sharpness at times but still barely worked up a good sweat on a balmy summer evening needing just 52 minutes to dispose of the Canadian wild card.

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