German Tennis Open 2013: Roger Federer Defeats Jan Hajek to Advance

Roger Federer’s new racket continues to bring success, as the Swiss superstar ousted Jan Hajek in the third round of the 2013 German Open Tennis Championships, 6-4, 6-3.

The straight-set victory has Fed advancing to the quarterfinals of the Hamburg-based tournament and he seems to be poised to win it all this weekend.

Federer won 70 percent of his points on the first serve, recorded seven aces and saved three-quarters of his break points.

Despite a mediocre start, the legend quickly rallied against his Czech opponent and ousted him in 72 minutes of world-class tennis.

After his humbling experience at Wimbledon earlier in the summer, it was clear that Fed needed a change. Prior to the start of the tournament, he announced that he would switch to a larger racket.

Perhaps the adjustment was just the thing to rejuvenate the 31-year-old’s career, as he seems to be playing better than before now that he has more square inches to work with.

Federer is now in the quarterfinals and is eyeing just his third potential final of the 2013 season. He has only one title to his name this year and direly needs to get back on track with a championship in Germany.

Wimbledon was an absolute disaster for Fed, as the former No. 1-ranked star fell in the second round to unheralded Sergiy Stakhovsky.

The result saw the 17-time Grand Slam champion plummet in the ATP rankings to No. 5, his lowest showing in a decade.

Federer can begin his rise back up from the ashes here and parlay that success into a run at the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the year.

Play begins in late August for the New York City-based event and Federer needs to advance deep in order to prove that he is still capable of winning a major tennis tournament.