Defending champion Roger Federer eased past Mikhail Youzhny 6-3,
6-1 in the first round at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Monday.
Federer was playing his first match since his third-round exit to
Andreas Seppi at the Australian Open last month and the 33-year-old
needed just 56 minutes to get through to the second round. It also means
he remains undefeated in 16 matches against Youzhny.
His
55th-ranked opponent, who has been a finalist in Dubai twice, stayed
level with Federer through the first six games of the match. But Federer
took control of the match when he broke serve on a fourth break point
in the seventh game of the first set when Youzhny hit a backhand long.
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