Wimbledon: Roger Federer enters the unknown against Mischa Zverev
Few players at Wimbledon know the biographies and styles of their opponents in as much detail as Roger Federer but even the seven-times champion is unclear exactly what to expect from Saturday’s third-round opponent Mischa Zverev. Federer has won all four meetings against the Russian-born German, the most prominent exponent of old-fashioned ‘serve and volley’ tennis. But when it comes to receiving, the 27th-seeded Zverev has taken radically different approaches to dealing with the Swiss’s serve.
“I have played him on several occasions now, and he’s played me different every time,” said Federer. “In Australia he played me really close on the second serve and would try to attack me, everything that he saw that was short he would come. Whereas in Halle when I played him he played from way back, which is highly unusual on the grass. Especially second serve. So I guess I don’t know quite what to expect in the match on Saturday,” added Federer, who will be posed very different questions by the left-hander.
“Because he serves and volleys, points are played differently. I will train and warm up with left-handed players. I think that’s the biggest switch always when you play against an opponent who is …read more
