Seven-time champion, Roger Federer, became the Open Era match-wins leader at Wimbledon on Tuesday, earning his 85th match victory when Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov retired when he was down 3-6, 0-3.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 35-year-old Federer had been tied with Jimmy Connors of the US at 84 wins.
The Swiss reached the second round at the All England Club for the 15th consecutive year and looked in form during the 42 minutes of action on Centre Court.
Federer, who never faced a break point during the first-round match, hit 10 aces to hit 10,004 aces.
He also struck 18 winners and broke Dolgopolov three times to improve to 4-0 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series.
Federer now joins Goran Ivanisevic and Ivo Karlovic as the only three players who have hit 10,000 aces since 1991, when the ATP started tracking the statistic.
– NAN
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