Wimbledon - Safin vs Qureshi

So its going to be Federer against Safin in the third round of Wimbledon. Safin defeated Pakistan's Aisam Qureshi in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, 7-6. I was really impressed with Qureshi's game. Though he lacked the power to defeat a big man like Safin, he could have easily given him a run for his money. The Pakistani has a beautiful serve-and-volley game which takes you back atleast two decades, when power and speed had not yet reduced tennis to a baseline slugfest. And it was not as if he didn't have his chances. If he had converted even half of the numerous break points that regularly came his way, he could have put enormous pressure on Safin. And who knows? Given Safin's self-dectructing tendency when under pressure, it could have gone down to the wire. Anyways, so much for wishful thinking. Meanwhile, the Fed Express marches on . . .