Roger Federer つまずくs past qualifier Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in Monte Carlo Masters

World number one Roger Federer 辛うじて 避けるd a shock second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 出口 at the Monte Carlo Masters after 戦う／戦いing his way past Spanish qualifier Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo.

Ramirez Hidalgo, 階級d 137th in the world, twice served for the match in the third 始める，決める but Federer 攻撃する，衝突する 支援する to take it to a tie-break, which he won to 調印（する） a 6-1 3-6 7-6 (7/1) victory.

Although he 現れるd 勝利を得た it was another poor 業績／成果 from Federer in what has been a season of underachievement.

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Off colour: Roger Federer struggled to match the consistency of his Spanish 対抗者

The スイスの finally won his first tournament of the season in Estoril on Sunday after his final 対抗者 Nikolay Davydenko retired with a 脚 傷害 in the second 始める，決める.

But he looked woefully off colour in Monte Carlo, spraying groundstrokes long and wide as he struggled to match Ramirez Hidalgo's level of consistency.

Federer 巡航するd through the first 始める，決める but lost his serve at the start of the second.

Ramirez Hidalgo held his 神経 to serve out the 残りの人，物 of the 始める，決める to level the contest and then took a 会社／堅い 支配する on 訴訟／進行s with two more breaks of the Federer serve to go 3-0 up in the third.

He served for the match at 5-2 and 5-4 but was unable to 持つ／拘留する his 神経 as Federer finally raised his game to break twice.

The Spaniard showed 広大な／多数の／重要な spirit to 持つ／拘留する his 配達／演説／出産 at 5-6 but he had no answer to Federer in the breaker as the スイスの 前進するd to 始める，決める up a third-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 会合 with Frenchman Gael Monfils, who knocked out 15th seed Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (10/8) 6-1.

Davydenko, seeded four, 証明するd his fitness with a 6-2 7-6 (7/5) victory over Italian Simone Bolelli while fifth seed David Ferrer 巡航するd past former world numbe r one Marat Safin 6-2 6-3.