Five amazing stats from Roger Federer’s win over Richard Gasquet

MELBOURNE—Roger Federer was on fire at the Australian Open on Saturday night, winning his third-round match against Richard Gasquet in just an hour and 59 minutes, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4.

Here are five amazing stats from the five-time Australian Open champion’s win over the Frenchman:

1. He scored his milestone 90th career match win at the Australian Open. Federer’s 90 career match wins at the Australian Open is an Open era record by a long way—Novak Djokovic has the second-most, recording his 61st with his third-round win over Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Saturday.

2. He’s now won 17 of his last 18 meetings with Gasquet. Since losing his first meeting to Gasquet at Monte Carlo in 2005, Federer has won 17 of the last 18, the only loss coming at Rome in 2011. And Federer barely lost those two matches, losing to Gasquet 7-6 in the third both times.

Federer is now 4-0 against Gasquet in Grand Slams and 12-0 against him on hardcourts, too.

Even scarier: Federer has now won 22 sets in a row against the former world No.7.

3. He was only broken once in 15 service games—and barely. Serving while up two sets and 4-2 in the third, Federer had three game points to hold serve but was broken—the only time he lost serve in 15 service games on the night. Meanwhile, he broke Gasquet in five of his 15 service games.

Here’s a taste of the kind of form Federer showed the packed crowd on Rod Laver Arena:

4. He’s now on a 10-match winning streak at the Australian Open. With his seven wins last year and three more so far this year, Federer has officially hit double digits in his winning streak here.

This is actually the first time Federer has won 10 matches in a row at a specific Grand Slam in seven years—the last time he got this many in a row was at the Australian Open between 2010 and 2011 (he won the title in 2010 and reached the semifinals in 2011 before falling to Djokovic in a tight three-setter).

5. He’s through to the round of 16 at the Australian Open for the 16th time. This is Federer’s 16th time in the second week of the Aussie Open, and if history is anything to go by, his run probably won’t end here—the last 13 times he’s gotten to the round of 16, he’s gotten to at least the semifinals.

Next up for Federer is Marton Fucsovics, who’s through to the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time. Among the unseeded Hungarian’s victims along the way was No. 13 seed Sam Querrey.

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