Roger Federer sails in the 4th round in Melbourne after a good performance against Grigor Dimitrov. Roger was in absolute control for the entire match with the exception of 2nd set when he was broken in the 4th game. Besides that, Roger broke Dimitrov in every other set without being broken again.
Federer. The begining of the 3rd was the key
Roger commented “Grigor was playing well and I thought I was struggling a little bit. It was an important start to the third set. Thankfully I got the early break and was able to stay in the lead.”
Roger #Federer rides the wave into the 4th round #AusOpen https://t.co/hXZ3ZcoUUP
— Australian Open (@AustralianOpen) January 22, 2016
Win no.300
After this match Roger becames the first man in tenni shistory to have won 300 matches in slams.
Roger is second only to Martina Navratilova (306 singles won in slams).
Men’s Grand Slam match wins: Open era Federer 300-49 Connors 233-49 Agassi 224-53 Lendl 222-49 Djokovic 209-34 Sampras 203-38 Nadal 198-30
— Christopher Clarey (@christophclarey) January 22, 2016
No man in history had registered 300 Grand Slam singles match wins, until about 10 minutes ago. Federer at it again. Navratilova on 306.
— DavidLaw (@DavidLawTennis) January 22, 2016
Grand Slam match wins… 306 – Martina Navratilova 300 – Roger Federer 299 – Chris Evert 287 – Serena Williams
— Leigh Walsh (@LeighWalsh87) January 22, 2016
Next vs. Goffin
Roger will play David Goffin in the next round. Head to head is 3-0 for Roger that seems to be poised to make it 4.
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