Fast Federer Excited By Tsitsipas Clash After Fritz Blitz

Ageless Roger Federer marked his 100th Rod Laver Arena match Friday by storming past Taylor Fritz, then looked forward to a "high quality" last-16 clash against another young gun, Stefanos Tsitsipas

Melbourne, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Jan, 2019 ) :Ageless Roger Federer marked his 100th Rod Laver Arena match Friday by storming past Taylor Fritz, then looked forward to a "high quality" last-16 clash against another young gun, Stefanos Tsitsipas.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion continued his quest for a record seventh Australian Open title with a 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 third-round demolition of 21-year-old American Fritz in just 88 minutes of flawless tennis.

The up-and-coming world number 50 was given a lesson by the precision and finesse of the Swiss master, who extended his Open-era record for the most appearances in the last 16 of a Grand Slam to 63.

Next up is 14th seed Tsitsipas. And the 37-year-old Federer is looking forward to taking on the fiery young Greek, who is 17 years his junior.

Federer played him in the recent mixed teams Hopman Cup, winning a closely contested singles 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4), and said he was impressed.

"I think he played really well there. I actually did too. I thought it was really high quality tennis," Federer said.

"This is obviously a different type of match, it being best of five, it being a fourth round of a Slam."Tsitsipas was docked a serve for a time violation and slapped with a code violation for swearing as he fought past 18th seed Nikoloz Basilashvili in four sets.

"I think he had to work extremely hard against Basilashvili," said Federer.