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Federer eases into home-town quarter-finals
November 05, 2009 09:41 IST
World number one Roger Federer [ Images ] eased into the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors, his home-town tournament, with an easy win over Italy's [ Images ] Andreas Seppi on Wednesday.
Federer, aiming for a fourth successive title at the event, needed 61 minutes to overcome his 51st-ranked opponent 6-3, 6-3 in a second-round match.
Seppi held his own for much of the match but was outgunned on the key points.
Fourth seed Marin Cilic [ Images ], attempting to win his third ATP title of the season, beat Germany's [ Images ] Philipp Petzschner 6-4, 6-4 in a first-round meeting of two big servers.
The Croat blasted 14 aces to set up a second round meeting with Viktor Troicki of Serbia on Thursday.
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