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Federer loses his cool against Russian The Swiss gold medal favourite, Roger Federer, lost his cool at yesterday in a rare flash of temper but recovered to win his men's singles first round.
He beat the Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 but received an official warning for ball abuse after hitting it on to the roof of the centre court in frustration at the start of the second set. At the time, he was trailing 3-0 but recovered to serve for the match at 5-4 before losing the set.See the full content of this document
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"It's a long time since I got my last warning," the world No.1 said. "For me it was a sign, I needed to just show a reaction because I was unhappy with the way I played in the second set. I got frustrated. But the important thing is I won, not how I acted on court."
Federer eventually raced through the third set after sw...See the full content of this document
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