MELBOURNE: Swiss marvel Roger Federer blitzed long-time rival Tomas Berdych in straight sets to storm into the fourth round with a vintage performance at the Australian Open on Friday.The 17-time Grand Slam champion, seeded 17th after an injury-hit 2016, downed the 10th-seeded Czech 6-2, 6-4, 6-4, in just 90 minutes. I'm really happy, yeah, of course," Federer said. "I didn't expect it as such, to be honest, especially not this kind of a scoreline," Federer said. "I think it was a great mental test for me to see if I could stay in the match point for point, keep rolling. "On facing Nishikori in his next match, the 35-year-old Swiss legend said: "I'm a big fan of his game.

Source: Times of India January 20, 2017 13:39 UTC