Roger Federer of Switzerland gestures to Andreas Seppi of Italy after hitting the net-cord during their men's singles third round match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Second seed Roger Federer was expected to saunter into the Australian Open fourth round on Friday when he faced Italian Andreas Seppi, a man he had beaten in each of their previous 10 encounters.
Expectations were the 17-times grand slam champion had the better serve, backhand, forehand, movement and court craft to sweep away the world number 46.
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