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After a succession of marathons at the Sony Ericsson Open, Roger Federer hurried into the quarterfinals.
Long matches pushed Federer's start into early Wednesday morning, and he wrapped up a victory at 1:29 a.m. ET, needing just 52 minutes to beat qualifier Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-1.
Federer couldn't remember ever starting a match so late. He found it odd to even be up at such an hour, given that he's the father of young twins.
"I'm getting up usually at 1:30," he said. "That's what tennis is all about. We don't know when we play, and we don't have a set schedule, and so we have to be able to adapt."
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6270276
Long matches pushed Federer's start into early Wednesday morning, and he wrapped up a victory at 1:29 a.m. ET, needing just 52 minutes to beat qualifier Olivier Rochus 6-3, 6-1.
Federer couldn't remember ever starting a match so late. He found it odd to even be up at such an hour, given that he's the father of young twins.
"I'm getting up usually at 1:30," he said. "That's what tennis is all about. We don't know when we play, and we don't have a set schedule, and so we have to be able to adapt."
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6270276
