Us Open day3 - Men's Singles: a day without earthquakes

A day without earthquakes in the scores at Flushing Meadows.
Federer cruised through to the 2nd in about 100 minutes. Nothing new under the sun. The interesting aspect is that Federer is happy about the tennis he displayed during this practice session – first round matches. He said: “Yeah, I thought I played pretty well. Not too many mistakes. I played aggressive, and it worked out. So it was a good match all in all, definitely”. And he described how he’s been feelin’: “it's just a feeling you get inside, you know, every time you have a chance to attack, you never lose a point. In defense, you believe in your capabilities of coming up with a great shot at the right time. Big points, you know you're gonna serve well. You have a feeling in the baseline rallies that everything is slowed down for you and for the other guy it's quicker, you know. Feelings like this then make you just play fantastic tennis”. So that explain a 6-4 6-1 6-0 win against an opponent - Taiwan's Wang – not as weak as you suppose from the score.
And now two words about a guy I’m cheering for lately: Fernando González. He allowed his opponent Jiri Vanek only two games more than Federer did. Recently Fernando seems to be transformed in the way of playing: calmer and more patient than before, less punch and more fluency in his strokes. I can’t believe how improved his backhanded backspin is. You ask me if I think he has a chance here? Try to know what Roger’s saying about it: “Yes, absolutely (he has a chance). He's had a great summer so far. I think he's improved over the last few years. He has been much more consistent. He's in the top 10 now and, you know, playing good. Dangerous game with his forehand and everything. I expect a lot of things from him here at the Open especially.”
Just a note on the other players: not a cakewalk for James Blake, who we spoke of earlier; Nadal played solid tennis, very focused to counterpunch Philippoussis bomb’s; Hewitt, whenever he takes the court, he runs so many balls down, even in a not great form, if you don’t play aggressive he always makes you go for an extra shot (incredible stamina); good job for Moya against Calleri, it wasn’t an easy match; Haas, Berdych, Tursunov, Gaudio and Olivier Rochus breezed through their first round match; just a little bit of a distraction for Marat Safin; Naldabandian overcame a sluggish start before rolling to a five set win.