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By Chris Oddo | Wednesday, October 29, 2014

 
Roger Federer Paris 2014

Roger Federer hit a few rough patches but gutted out his 13th consecutive victory in the end, 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4, over Jeremy Chardy in Paris.

Photo Source: Photo Source: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty

Roger Federer continued his winning ways at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris on Wednesday with a hard-fought 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4 victory over Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.

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The victory allows Federer, who has not lost since the US Open, to keep the pressure on Novak Djokovic in the race to the ATP’s year-end No. 1 ranking.

Federer could become No. 1 for the fourth time in his career by the end of the week if he wins the title and Djokovic doesn’t reach the final or if he reaches the final and Djokovic is knocked out before the quarterfinals.

But all that was far from Federer’s mind on Wednesday as he found himself in a tense, scrappy scuffle with the man who had defeated him at Rome in a third-set tiebreaker this year.

Chardy would jump out to an early lead in the opener, leading 3-0 and eventually 5-2, but the Frenchman was broken while serving for the set at 5-3.

The explosive Frenchman, who hit 45 winners against 49 unforced errors on the day, would earn two set points with Federer serving in the next game, but Federer would survive to level at 5-all, before the pair traded breaks in the final two games to and headed for a tiebreaker.

Federer would increase his winning streak in tiebreakers to 11 by snatching the topsy-turvy set in the breaker, but Chardy would return the favor in the second set, when he took the breaker after saving two set points while serving at 4-5 to get there.

In the third Federer broke quickly, grabbing the break in the opening game when Chardy sailed a forehand on Federer’s fourth break point of the game. Though Federer threatened to run away with it, Chardy found his range to save four break points in the fifth game to avoid going down a double break.

But by then Federer, who finished with 41 winners against 36 unforced errors, had regained some stability in his game. He didn’t face a break point the rest of the way, and closed the victory with a love hold, smashing a crosscourt forehand winner to close affairs after two hours and 32 minutes of hard-hitting action.

Federer will next face either Lucas Pouille of France or Fabio Fognini of Italy in the 3rd round in Paris.

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