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Record-Setting Federer And Nadal Roll On
The Hindu
|July 07, 2019
In the women’s section, World No. 1 Barty and former champions Serena and Kvitova make the last 16
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Roger Federer kept tennis statisticians on their toes on Saturday as he mopped up a few more records by tram pling all over Lucas Pouille’s dreams in a riproaring 75, 62, 76(4) win to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon.
The Swiss be came the first player — man or woman — to notch up 350 match wins at the Majors. He also set a pro fessional era record of reaching the last 16 for the 17th time — surpassing the pre vious benchmark he had shared with Jimmy Connors.
Rafael Nadal was in ruth less form as he marched into the fourth round with a 62, 63, 62 rout of France’s Jo Wilfried Tsonga in 108 minutes.
This story is from the July 07, 2019 edition of The Hindu.
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