Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Roger Federer and long-time friend from Basel Marco Chiudinelli teamed up against Pakistani A.H. Qureshi and American James Cerritani 3 November in the first round of the ATP doubles match in Basel, and lost 4-6, 3-6. Both can now concentrate on their singles game.
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Flushing Meadows, New York (GenevaLunch) - World number one Roger Federer beat Leyton Hewitt for the 14th time in a row, but dropped a set before he managed to pull away from the Australian 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-4. Another Swiss, Marco Chiudinelli, lost to 8th seed Nikolay Davydenko. Novak Djokovic came through in four sets, beating Jesse Witten 6-7 6-3 7-6 6-4. Andy Roddick, who reached the Wimbledon final was the shock loser in the men’s draw, going out to 55th-ranked John Isner who has played most of his tennis for the University of Georgia.
