Roger Federer, aiming to regain a title he last won four years ago, reached the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open with 6-2, 6-4 winu00a0 against Russia's Evgeny Korolev. <br /><br />
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">Federer in action yesterday. PIC/AFP</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>"This was a more dangerous match than my first one because he is a big ball striker and plays aggressive on forehand and backhand.<br /><br />"Conditions were difficult today, it was very slow out there and I had to be patient and grind it out, so I was happy with the way I adapted and with the way the match went," Federer said.<br /><br />Federer was helped by several moments when Korolev beat himself u2014 perhaps overly aware of Federer's reputation u2014 notably after he broke the great man's serve to get back to 2-3, only to play a poor service game himself.<br /><br />Rafael Nadal dismissed Potito Starace, a former top 30 player from Italy, by 6-2, 6-2.

Roger Federer, aiming to regain a title he last won four years ago, reached the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open with 6-2, 6-4 win  against Russia's Evgeny Korolev. 

It was tough to beat Korolev: Federer

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