Swiss star Roger Federer entered the quarterfinals of the Rotterdam Open with a 7-6, 7-5 victory over Philipp Kolsheretber of Germany, where he will be confronted by Robin Haase of Holland.
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Second-seeded Gregor Dimitrov made it to the quarter-finals by defeating Serbia’s Philipp Kranjovic 7-6, 7-5. Now this Bulgarian player will face Andre Russell, who beat Damir Jumahur 6-4 7-6 in a match that lasted for nearly two hours.
Russian player Danil Medvedev defeated Pierre Hugus Herbert of France 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 to enter the final eight.
If 20 Grand Slam titles winner Federer wins in the quarter-finals, then he will drop his old rival and close friend Rafael Nadal from the top position in the tennis rankings.
In this way, this Swiss player can become the oldest player to reach the first place in the world rankings. He will overtake Andre Agassi, who reached the top rankings in 2003, at 33 years and 131 days.
Federer was ranked 17th in the world rankings in January last year, but after that he returned to the form to win the Australian Open title. Since then, his victory campaign is in progress.
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He said that this is a great challenge; “I was struggling to reach there. I had to win many matches for this year. Federer said that after knee surgery in February 2016, I did not think about it. Getting number one position is difficult.”
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