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SPORTS A17
Thursday 5 November 2015

SHARKS
ATTACKED

Switzerland’s Roger Federer Jackets net 2 in 30 seconds, top Sharks
returns the ball to Italy’s An-
dreas Seppi during their sec- Columbus Blue Jackets center Boone Jenner celebrates after
ond round match of the BNP
Masters tennis tournament at scoring a goal against the San Jose Sharks during the second
the Paris Bercy Arena, in Paris,
France, Wednesday, Nov. 4, period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Nov.
2015.
3, 2015.
Associated Press
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Federer races to
victory against
Seppi at Paris

Masters

JEROME PUGMIRE
AP Sports Writer
PARIS (AP) — Roger Fe-
derer raced into the third
round of the Paris Masters
with an exhilarating dis-
play of attacking tennis on
Wednesday, thrashing Ital-
ian Andreas Seppi of Italy
6-1, 6-1 in just 47 minutes.
Fresh from his victory at the
Swiss Indoors last week-
end, the 17-time Grand
Slam champion looked in
ominous form on the in-
door hard court, winning
92 percent of points on his
first serve as he breezed
through the first set in 19
minutes.
“Of course I like great bat-
tles, playing two, three,
four, five hours. But 47 min-
utes is always very pleas-
ant,” Federer said. “It’s def-
initely a great feeling, plus
I didn’t expect it. Practice
yesterday was difficult.”
Seppi had a glimpse of a
chance, but failed to con-
vert four break points on
Federer’s opening service
game of the second set.

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