Federer sets up match against Tomic and Australia

Federer sets up match against Tomic and Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - After routing old sparring partner Nikolay Davydenko at the Australian Open on Thursday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Roger Federer shifted his focus to humbling one of the young guns in his third round clash against local favourite Bernard Tomic.
Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates defeating Nikolay Davydenko of Russia in their men's singles match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 17,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
Local media hyped up the potential match-up with the release of the draw,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and the 43rd-ranked Tomic,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the bad boy of tennis Down Under and last Australian in the draw, fuelled the frenzy by declaring he could beat the 17-times grand slam champion.
Federer, who cruised past Davydenko 6-3 6-4 6-4 on a balmy night at Rod Laver Arena, beat Tomic in front of 15,000 of his compatriots on centre court in the fourth round last year.
The 31-year-old Federer was a paragon of Swiss neutrality as he looked ahead to the match, but was goaded into reminding the plucky 20-year-old of the gulf between the players.
"Look, I have so much more experience than him,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Federer said, when asked to clarify comments about aiming to dominate Tomic physically.
"Last year I reached my thousandth match on tour,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. That's what I meant. I know how hard a five 'setter can be. I know how intense a night session can be and all these things.
"Whatever that means,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], length of rally,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], length of match, intensity,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I've been there. That could potentially help me, but it could also not help me.
"We'll see how it goes. But he's done a really nice job today,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], for instance, in the heat."
Tomic,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who has been booted out of Australia's Davis Cup team for a perceived lack of commitment,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], survived a huge scare against German Daniel Brands and needed eight match points to secure a four-set victory in scorching 40 degree Celsius heat.
Despite the wobbly match,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the much-vaunted Australian said he felt it was the "perfect" time to play Federer.
"I think, you know, I've got a good attitude to win," said Tomic, who won his first ATP title in Sydney in the lead-up after upsetting a jet-lagged Novak Djokovic at the Hopman Cup in Perth.
"I've beaten a lot of good players over the last past two weeks, especially Novak. I think I can do it.
"I'm ready. I mean,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], I'm not going to say,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], you know, I don't have the belief. I do have the belief now. It's possible. I showed that in Perth,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], that you can beat these players."
Tomic will need more than bluster to beat Federer,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who required less than two hours to despatch former world number three Davydenko in their 20th tour clash.
Resplendent in a pair of pink and black two-toned sneakers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Federer captured a break early in each set,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], while his 40th-ranked opponent never had a look at his serve.
Tomic's unorthodox playing style and finesse offers a far different opposition to most baseline pounders on the tour, and it succeeded in poaching a set off Federer in their first meeting,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], at a Davis Cup match in 2011.
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