Wimbledon 2011 Day 2: Federer v Kukushkin

We decided to leave for a bit of a break, and it was very much more pleasant outside the court than in! Still quite a breezy day though, a gust of wind buzzed through Café Pergola at one stage.

We rejoined the match at the end of the first set with Federer leading 6-5 and Kukushkin to serve.



It’s always nice to see him pushed toe to toe – and Kukushkin had a socking serve and seemed to be doing quite well – taking things to a TB.
However, Federer took the tiebreak very comfortably.





In the second set, despite starting with a hold, Federer broke him a couple of times and his service games were now held with ease. Mind you, he had some costly errors which prevented him from taking another break off Kukushkin.



Federer took the second set with that single break and broke very quickly in the third. He followed with a cruel little drop shot that broke Kukushkin again and this was slipping away rapidly now.





Federer wasted some chances to break Kukushkin for a third time but came out to serve for the match and 5-2 and served it out with no issues… no repeat of the 5 set first round thriller this time!