2019 Roger Federer tennis season: Difference between revisions

Federer next played in the [[2019 Miami Open|Miami Open]] as the No. 4 seed, following the withdrawal of [[Rafael Nadal]]. This was the first edition of the tournament following the location change from [[Key Biscayne, Florida|Key Biscayne]] to the [[Hard Rock Stadium]] in [[Miami Gardens, Florida|Miami Gardens]]. After the usual first round bye, he defeated [[Radu Albot]], [[Filip Krajinović]] and the No. 13 seed [[Daniil Medvedev]] in succession to advance to a quarterfinal match with the No. 6 seed [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]]. With a [[Bagel (tennis)|bagel]] in the first set, he defeated Anderson in straight sets to advance to a semifinal first meeting with the 19-year-old [[Denis Shapovalov]]. Federer ended up easily defeating Shapovalov to reach his third final of the season. He also became the first player to reach 50 [[ATP Tour Masters 1000|Masters 1000]] tournament finals, breaking the tie with Rafael Nadal. HeIn willthe playfinal, he defeated [[John Isner]] in6-1, the6-4 finalto win his 28th [[ATP Tour Masters 1000|Masters 1000]] title.