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March 26, 2001
Miami TMS Third Round
By ASAP Sports
R. FEDERER/M. Philippoussis 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
An interview with: ROGER FEDERER
THE MODERATOR: First question, please.
Q. Roger, that second set more into a tiebreak, framed a couple of shots. Looked like you were dead in the water. Then all of a sudden, everything suddenly fell into place. What happened?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, it's true. I was little unsure in the breaker. I didn't feel good after serving for the set then suddenly being in the breaker. I had little bit lucky smash when I hit on the baseline. It could have gone out, either way. I kept coming and tried my best to stay in the game. I'm happy the way I fought today and at the end I came up with some great shots.
Q. Did you have a difficult time finding a rhythm out there?
ROGER FEDERER: I think obviously against Philippoussis it's not easy to get the rhythm because he's serving at 130 nonstop. So it's -- you don't get a lot of rallies, and when you serve, he misses quite a bit or the rallies don't take look. I wasn't really happy about my game today, but somehow I got through and that's what's most important.
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