It was the high-point of a 25-minute opening period in which Liverpool dominated possession but created few real goalscoring chances.

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The Scot broke for the fourth time to seal a 24-minute opening set and picked up where he left off at the start of the second.

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Another hold to love put Federer within a game of the 23-minute opening set and he took it at the second time of asking by unleashing a rasping cross-court backhand to pass Soderling at the net.

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