Federer is still relentless at the Australian Open

The Grand Slam titles record holder Roger Federer persistently defends his Australian Open trophy once he does not give his opponent again. The Maestro stopped his colleague backhand with one hand, Richard Gasquet, with 6:2, 7:5, 6:4 in just 121 minutes, allowing only his second break in the tournament to date, but he was not fatal.

The Swiss will face Hungary`s sensation, Marton Fucsovic, who was thrown out of the 13th place by Sam Querrey a few days ago, and was then convincing in three sets against another Melbourne debutant, Nicolas Kicker. Against Gasquet, Federer was flawless by an initial strike, scoring 65% of his first shot and winning 80% of his subsequent relegation, as well as 42% of those after a second serve. He scored 42 goalscorers at 27 against Gasquet, who did not really think badly and even fancied fans with their spectacular winnings from backhand.

The small details in five games led to Federer`s bre aks, who won the match to meet a famed passing backhand. His only breakthrough was 4:3 in the third set, and then he had a point of fifteen minutes of weaker work with his legs. But he raised his level in decisive moments and, with real breakthroughs, took the second and third set, proving his status as favorite number 1 for the prize. For the 16th time in his career, Federer has been the first Australian Open.

He was tense in the last minutes. The third set could reach a tiebreak and nothing was known. The match was equivalent. He presented himself at a great level. Maybe today I made a little more mistakes defending myself. My advantage was that I had a slightly better service than he did today, `said Federer, who will meet Marton Fucsovic (Hungary) in the eighth round.

The 25-year-old Fucsovic, the 85th in the world rankings, has reached for the first timein his career to the fourth round of a tournament predicted by buy basketball tipster from the helm after the success of the Argentinean Nicolas Kicker with 6:3, 6:3, 6:2. `I know him briefly. He was in Switzerland last year. He`s a nice boy. He works hard and hard. It`s good from the bottom of the court. I`m glad I know something about him and some of what I can expect from him! `, Federer commented.