Roger Federer shares how he plans to deal with John Isner's serve
In press conference at the Miami Open Roger Federer commented on how he plans to deal with John Isner's big serve. The Swiss player said: "It's a tricky one. Sometimes you go with momentum. Sometimes you go with feel. Sometimes you guess maybe a little bit and sometimes you see it. It's a combination of all sort of things. And then some days you feel it better than others. And just because -- let's just say I know he's going to be T, let's say he told me that before the serve, that still doesn't mean I'm going to hit a return winner, because the margins are so slim when it comes in so fast and so high. No. 1, you want to connect. Secondly you want to get in a neutral position, which is very difficult, because you know he's looking for his forehand or he looks to come in or try to take charge of the point. Yeah, it's tough. Then you just hope that sort of the stars align, that you pick the right side, that he picks the wrong side, that maybe he misses a serve, that you can put him in uncomfortable situations time and time again, and at the end somehow you find a way. Yeah. He's definitely got one of the serves you can basically not read. It's that simple."
Federer will face Isner for the eighth time in career. The Basel native seeks his fourth title in Miami.
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