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Five things we learned from the long weekend

By Ravi Ubha
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, September 1, 2008

1. Fed's in the groove: Roger Federer passed his first test: his straight-sets demolition of dangerous Czech Radek Stepanek on Sunday, warranting an "A." Stepanek won their previous match in May. Federer served huge, notching a percentage of 71, and added 12 aces. The pro-Federer crowd became even more excited when their man unleashed a leaping overhead from behind the baseline that fooled Stepanek and landed in. The 96-minute rout was a far cry from his form in the first two rounds. In Fed ...

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