Roger Federer recovered after dropping the first set to beat Marton Fucsovics of Hungary, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in Melbourne. The third-seeded Federer became the first man to reach 15 Australian Open quarterfinals (in 21 appearances) as he seeks to win the tournament for a seventh time. Coming in off of a four-hour-plus marathon win over John Millman in the previous round, Federer started slowly against Fucsovics. Federer improved to 3-0 lifetime against Fucsovics, who also was denied a quarterfinal spot by Federer in the 2018 Australian Open. I have played a lot of tennis in my life, but never against Tennys.”Seven-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic, the No.

Source: National Post January 26, 2020 15:56 UTC