MEDIA

In the third day of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open World No.1 Roger Federer, World No. 2 Rafael Nadal and World No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko secured spots in the quarterfinals.

Swiss player Roger Federer had another easy win this afternoon during his second match of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2010 securing a spot in the quarterfinals. Federer defeated Russian Evgeny Korolev 6-2, -6-4. Federer won 77% of the service points in a match that lasted an hour and three minutes. 

 

Federer showed his usual trade mark of smooth movements against the aggressive game of Evgeny. Federer admitted later at the post-match press conference that even though his score was very good it was not such an easy match.

 

Nadal also won his second match defeating Potito Starace from Italy 6-2, 6-2. The match lasted for one hour and 12 minutes and Nadal won 49% of the service point.

 

World No. 6 and Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Champion Nikolay Davydenko won his second match of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open against Marco Chiudinelli 6-3, 6-4. Davydenko is under medications due to a flu and he was surprised to have won the match and expressed his worries about game while is still taking medication.