Roger Federer had a dominant week on the Munich Open 20 years in the past, storming over all 5 opponents to carry the trophy. As an alternative of profitable it on some sooner floor, Roger’s first Masters 1000 crown got here in Hamburg 2002 over Marat Safin, cracking the top-10 the next day.
With some ups and downs in the remainder of the season, Roger completed within the top-6 and made his Masters Cup debut. In 2003, the Swiss assembled a fair stronger push towards the highest positions, lifting seven titles and selecting up his first Main at Wimbledon.
From 58 triumphs in 2002, Federer notched 78 a yr later, profitable Marseille and Dubai and touring to Indian Wells and Miami with probably the most wins. After mediocre outcomes on the “Sunshine Double,” Roger scored two wins for Switzerland within the Davis Cup towards France and took a few weeks off to arrange for the clay-court occasions in Could.
In his first cease on the clay-court swing that spring, Federer competed in Munich for the primary and solely time. He dominated over 5 opponents in Bavaria and dropped 27 video games in ten units en path to his seventh ATP title.
The Swiss completely balanced important defensive expertise and his regular aggressive strategy on the slowest floor. He suffered solely 5 breaks and spent below 5 hours on the courtroom to carry the trophy! The Croat Zeljko Krajan troubled him for 65 minutes, as Roger delivered a 6-4, 6-3 triumph, struggling two breaks and incomes 4 to seal the deal in straight units.
The Swiss scored an equivalent victory over Raemon Sluiter in 59 minutes to seek out himself within the quarter-final. Roger confronted the one top-30 participant that week within the final eight, ousting Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-3 in 61 minutes for a spot within the last 4.
Roger Federer claimed the 2003 Munich Open title with out shedding a set.
Roger gave away solely 11 factors in 9 service video games, and Mikhail was nowhere close to that degree. He allowed Federer to interrupt him thrice and race into the final 4, the place he confronted Stefan Koubek.
The Austrian couldn’t match the teenager’s tempo both. Koubek squandered all six break probabilities and dropped over half of the factors behind the preliminary shot at hand Federer 4 breaks of serve and propel him into his thirteenth ATP last.
A very good pal Jarkko Nieminen stood between world no. 5 and the trophy on Could 4. Just like the earlier 4 gamers, Jarkko had no probability towards Roger, who claimed a 6-1, 6-4 victory in 56 minutes to finish an ideal week. Nieminen made a stable base after touchdown 80% of the primary serve in and taking Federer’s serve away two instances.
Nonetheless, he ruined all that with poor efficiency in his service video games. The Finn provided 9 break alternatives to the Swiss and acquired damaged 5 instances to lose the benefit in set quantity two and propel the rival excessive.
Federer had extra winners and fewer unforced errors, dominating the shortest exchanges and standing sturdy within the longest ones to deserve the triumph and carry his seventh ATP title very quickly. Roger drew first blood in recreation two, setting the tone for the remainder of the opener and securing two extra within the following video games for 6-1.
The Finn bounced again in set quantity two and raced right into a 3-0 lead earlier than dropping the subsequent three video games as rapidly as he received his. Federer grabbed the essential break at 4-4 and held after deuce within the subsequent one for 6-4 and the crown, his third of the season.