<p>Swiss tennis veteran Roger Federer cruised into the Rogers Cup final after dispatching Spain's Feliciano Lopez in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.<br /><br />Federer's victory Saturday night was cheered madly by the crowd and followed by a spectacular display of fireworks, reports Xinhua.<br /><br />Federer will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France after the No.13 seed defeated Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov earlier in the day.<br /><br />The 82-minute match proved to be an uphill battle for the Spaniard.<br /><br />"Yeah, I think I played extremely well in the first set, really was able to make Feliciano overserve, over-hit a little bit, as well, and make him feel the pressure from the baseline," said Federer.<br /><br />Out-rallied by Federer, Lopez fell back on his serves, going all out on his second serve to rack up six double-faults in the first set, and a total of 33 unforced errors in the match.<br /><br />Lopez's third ace in his second service game opened up an opportunity to tie the set at two-all, but Federer wouldn't have any of it. </p>.<p>Lopez ended up fending off six breakpoints before finally giving the two-time Rogers Cup champion a 3-1 lead.<br /><br />The set was pretty much over for Lopez from there on out. Federer took full control of the set to close it out in just 45 minutes.<br /><br />The second set followed a similar pattern, with Federer claiming an early 2-0 lead and Lopez playing catch up.<br /><br />The Spaniard started to mix it up towards the end of the set to cut down his double-faults and earned himself some extra points. But Federer eventually sealed his victory with his 13th ace of the match.<br /><br />"Second set probably wasn't as good in quality but I got the break early. I think he was probably mentally also a bit tired this week. He's played a lot of good guys in the spell of a short period of time," said Federer. <br /><br />"Played one more match than I did and back-to-back three-setters the last couple of nights. I think he was probably feeling it there."<br /><br />Federer will be facing the 13th-seeded Tsonga, who knocked off three top 10 opponents this week. <br /><br />The Swiss maestro, however, has a bit of an edge on the Frenchman, leading 11-4 in their head-to-head matches.<br /><br />"I think he just can overpower guys, serve up a storm and then, you know, play eally aggressive with his forehand and also be solid in his backhand. You think you're in a safe place sometimes in the rally, and he takes one step and just hits it and the point is over," said Federer. <br /><br />"He's one of the few guys besides Stan (Stanislas Wawrinka) and other guys who are not the Big 4 sort of thing who can do that. That's why he's been in the top 10 for so long." </p>
<p>Swiss tennis veteran Roger Federer cruised into the Rogers Cup final after dispatching Spain's Feliciano Lopez in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.<br /><br />Federer's victory Saturday night was cheered madly by the crowd and followed by a spectacular display of fireworks, reports Xinhua.<br /><br />Federer will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France after the No.13 seed defeated Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov earlier in the day.<br /><br />The 82-minute match proved to be an uphill battle for the Spaniard.<br /><br />"Yeah, I think I played extremely well in the first set, really was able to make Feliciano overserve, over-hit a little bit, as well, and make him feel the pressure from the baseline," said Federer.<br /><br />Out-rallied by Federer, Lopez fell back on his serves, going all out on his second serve to rack up six double-faults in the first set, and a total of 33 unforced errors in the match.<br /><br />Lopez's third ace in his second service game opened up an opportunity to tie the set at two-all, but Federer wouldn't have any of it. </p>.<p>Lopez ended up fending off six breakpoints before finally giving the two-time Rogers Cup champion a 3-1 lead.<br /><br />The set was pretty much over for Lopez from there on out. Federer took full control of the set to close it out in just 45 minutes.<br /><br />The second set followed a similar pattern, with Federer claiming an early 2-0 lead and Lopez playing catch up.<br /><br />The Spaniard started to mix it up towards the end of the set to cut down his double-faults and earned himself some extra points. But Federer eventually sealed his victory with his 13th ace of the match.<br /><br />"Second set probably wasn't as good in quality but I got the break early. I think he was probably mentally also a bit tired this week. He's played a lot of good guys in the spell of a short period of time," said Federer. <br /><br />"Played one more match than I did and back-to-back three-setters the last couple of nights. I think he was probably feeling it there."<br /><br />Federer will be facing the 13th-seeded Tsonga, who knocked off three top 10 opponents this week. <br /><br />The Swiss maestro, however, has a bit of an edge on the Frenchman, leading 11-4 in their head-to-head matches.<br /><br />"I think he just can overpower guys, serve up a storm and then, you know, play eally aggressive with his forehand and also be solid in his backhand. You think you're in a safe place sometimes in the rally, and he takes one step and just hits it and the point is over," said Federer. <br /><br />"He's one of the few guys besides Stan (Stanislas Wawrinka) and other guys who are not the Big 4 sort of thing who can do that. That's why he's been in the top 10 for so long." </p>