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Federer makes a winning return
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Roger Federer, playing for the first time since winning Wimbledon, returned to the court with a 7-6(3), 6-4 win over Canada’s Frederic Niemeyer at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday.
Federer, who took time off while his wife gave birth to twin girls, took a set to find his range and then the top-ranked Swiss star put away the low-ranked Niemeyer.
The 33-year-old Niemeyer, whose ranking has tumbled to 487th, plans to retire at the end of this season.
“I was happy with the performance today”, Federer told reporters after launching his hardcourt campaign with his 20th straight win.
“After five, six weeks without a match you’re just a little bit slow on your reaction, your return.
“Mirka is great, she handles it all well. Me too, I’m quite laid back and hands on (with the kids). It seems to be working so far.”
Earlier, Andy Murray — also playing his first match since Wimbledon — beat France’s Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-2.
At Montreal (ATP Rogers Cup): Second round: Nikolay Davydenko bt Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6(4), 7-6(2); Andy Murray bt Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-2; Novak Djokovic bt Peter Polansky 6-4, 7-6(6); Roger Federer bt Frederic Niemeyer 7-6(3), 6-4; Fernando Gonzalez bt Milos Raonic 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4.
First round: Tommy Robredo bt Alex Bogomolov 6-4, 6-2; Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Lleyton Hewitt 6-1, 6-4; Fernando Verdasco bt Feliciano Lopez 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-1; Andrey Golubev bt Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-4; Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Tomas Berdych 7-6(5), 6-7(9), 6-4; Tommy Haas bt Ivo Karlovic 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4.
At Cincinnati (WTA Western & Southern Financial Group Open): Second round: Dinara Safina bt Roberta Vinci 2-6, 7-5, 6-4; Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(4); Venus Williams bt Olga Govortsova 6-2, 6-2.
First round: Alona Bondarenko bt Nadia Petrova 6-2, 6-3; Flavia Pennetta bt Ayumi Morita 6-2, 6-3; Peng Shuai bt Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-1; Sorana Cirstea bt Meghann Shaughnessy 7-5, 7-5; Daniela Hantuchova bt Sara Errani 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Yanina Wickmayer bt Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-4; Maria Kirilenko bt Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4, 6-1; Agnieszka Radwanska bt Ai Sugiyama 6-2, 6-1; Sybille Bammer bt Jie Zheng 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
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