Roger Federer notches another milestone — 300 grand slam match wins — to his record at Australian Open
Aussie bad boy Nick Kyrgios clashes with umpire as he falls to Tomas Berdych, while defending champions Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic advance
Roger Federer was already a long way clear at the top of the list of men with the most wins in grand slam singles matches, so becoming the first to 300 was not a major distraction.
He reached the milestone at Rod Laver Arena yesterday, when he moved into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Grigor Dimitrov.
“It’s very exciting, I must tell you,” Federer said of his latest record, adding that reaching 1,000 wins in tour matches last year was also a cause for celebration. “It was a big deal for me.
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“Not something I ever aimed for or looked for, but when it happens, it’s very special. Yeah, you look deeper into it, I guess, where it’s all happened and how. So it’s very nice.”
In the last men’s match of the day, the crowd was entertained by Australian bad boy Nick Kyrgios, who repeatedly clashed with the umpire in his match against Czech Republic’s Tomas Berdych.
Not something I ever aimed for or looked for, but when it happens, it’s very special
The Czech sixth seed extinguished the hopes of the young Aussie showman with a regimented four-sets win to reach the fourth round.