Federer wins epic over Millman in the 3rd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS

Roger Federer hustles John Millman 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 4-6 7-6(8) in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Federer will seek to keep on going in this event against Marton Fucsovics in the 4^th round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Australian won the set after he broke Roger in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Roger tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. Anyhow, the Australian kept the focus before winning the set 6-4.

2^nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Federer won the tiebreak at 2.

3^rd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Federer conquered in the 10^th game (6-4).

4^th set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Millman conquered in the 7^th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

5^th set.

The 5^th set random the deciding set was a thriller.

Federer conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3^rd (1-2) game, Roger broke back in the 4^th (2-2) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 8 recoverin from a 4-8 deficit and winning the last 6 points when everything looked lost.

Statistics

After this contest, the head to head between Federer and Millman is 4-1 for Roger.

Highlights Roger Federer vs. John Millman Australian Open – Melbourne

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Next Match H2H: Roger Federer vs. Marton Fucsovics – stats

Federer will face Fucsovics in the 4^th round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Roger Federer and Marton Fucsovics fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Federer (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Federer won 7-6⁶ 6-4 in the quarter in Dubai back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in Melbourne

• Milos RaonicRaonic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-5 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-7³ 6-4 6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Tommy PaulPaul (6-1 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-2 6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Guido PellaPella (7-6⁰ 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – John MillmanMillman (4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 4-6 7-6(8)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-0) – See H2H details
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ernests GulbisGulbis (2-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-2) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – See H2H details
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-2) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Roger FedererFederer (0-2) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Marin CilicCilic (1-2) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-3) – See H2H details