The wildcard team of Roger Federer and Ze Zhang needed just 48 min.
to beat Kevin Anderson and Dmitry Tursunov, prevailing 6-2, 6-1.
The Swiss/Chinese pairing saved the only break point they faced,
and won 91 % of first serve points at the Shanghai Rolex first round.

Federer said his partnership with Zhang was good for tennis in China.
"That's kind of the ultimate goal, to partner up with a Chinese up‑and‑coming player
and promote the game at the same time," said the 17-time Grand Slam champion.
"I'm just so happy for Zhang Ze, that he played really well.  
I really am, because he couldn't have played any better"

The Swiss No. 1 said he hoped to see more players
from the Asian continent break through.
"We had Paradorn Srichaphan,
we have Kei Nishikori from Japan.
Hopefully we'll have more and more players coming up," said Federer.
"By having such a great tournament and all the top players coming here to Shanghai,
I think that's only going to help it... I think we all really want something to happen
in a big way in the next 10, 20 years here."

Federer/Zhang face off against fifth seeds Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in the next round.


            

                                        
                                        
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