Roger Federer was playing great and looked as though the match against his nemesis Gilles Simon was going to be a quick three sets. That all changed when the Frenchman staged a comeback and it looked as though Federer was going to succumb to another upset by Simon.
The Swiss pulled off some shot making and took advantage of his fifth match point in the fifth set to finally win his first match against Simon. Federer had lost both of their previous encounters after winning the first set.
Simon played great and it only took one or two mistake to give the break and the match to Federer in the fifth set.