As the years go by, Roger Federer has little trouble coping with the pressure of playing the early rounds of a grand slam event but it is an altogether different story when it comes to dealing with post match scrutiny. The Swiss third seed won a record 234th grand-slam match, surpassing Jimmy Connors\u2019s professional-era record, by dismissing Romanian Adrian Ungur 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-3 in the second round on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
The 16-times major champion should have won the match in straight sets but did not seem too concerned about his minor wobble in the third set. \u201cI think (playing the early rounds) is a bit easier now, just because I have been around for so long that, even though I expect myself to win, I can still manage to do that,\u201d the third seed said, according to a report in The Times Of India. <\/p>\n <\/strong>\u201cWhereas in the beginning when you think you\u2019re good but you\u2019re maybe not that good yet, you suffer many more surprise losses.\u201d But with fame comes scrutiny. \u201cThe difference to playing a match where you\u2019re the overwhelming favourite potentially in the early rounds of a grand slam is you have to (deal with the) press (inquisition) afterwards,\u201d said Federer, adding \u201cIt\u2019s just a bit of a different momentum in the press conference. I think that\u2019s the toughest part sometimes.\u201d <\/p>\n Meanwhile a report in the Indian Express <\/strong>says that Federer eventually won 6-3 6-2 6-7 6-3 on a sunny Philippe Chatrier court to pass Jimmy Connors\u2019s professional-era record, having equalled it in the first round. \u201cInstead of being aggressive I let him show me what he could do,\u201d Federer said of the lost matchpoints. \u201cHe played two beautiful shots and he played very well.\u201d<\/p>\n World number one Djokovic, aiming to become the first man in 43 years to hold all four Slam titles at the same time, rattled off the first seven games before faltering against Slovenian Blaz Kavcic. \u201cI stopped,\u201d the Serbian told a news conference, after the match turned into a fierce battle which he finally won 6-0 6-4 6-4. \u201cI gave him the opportunity to come back into the match after a perfect first seven games.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the years go by, Roger Federer has little trouble coping with the pressure of playing the early rounds of a grand slam event but it is an altogether different story when it comes to dealing with post match scrutiny. The Swiss third seed won a record 234th grand-slam match, surpassing Jimmy Connors\u2019s professional-era record, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[4784,4785,4638,4783,234],"class_list":["post-6854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-from-the-newspapers","tag-connors","tag-djokovic","tag-french-open","tag-jimmy","tag-roger-federer"],"yoast_head":"\n