Tennis star Roger Federer will on Saturday become just the second man to win 100 career titles if he triumphs in the Dubai Championships final
Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after winning against Borna Coric of Croatia during the semi-final match at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championship in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on March 01, 2019. The 20-time Grand Slam champion will have to beat the rising star of tennis to do so.
"I think it was important to mix it up, be solid, not give him too many chances and keep showing him it's going to be really difficult for him to win, " Federer said. "At the end, I actually played really good. I'm very pleased." Tsitsipas had a tougher time getting to the final, rallying for a 4-6, 7-6 , 7-6 win over Gael Monfils.
" showed me at the Australian Open, how hard he is ," said Federer. "We're still far from , it seems. I'm just going to try to focus and play good tennis."
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