Tennis: Federer finds 'super breaker' to his liking after escaping defeat

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Roger Federer has never struggled for ways to win matches at the Australian Open but in beating John Millman to chalk up his 100th on the ...

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MELBOURNE: Roger Federer has never struggled for ways to win matches at the Australian Open but in beating John Millman to chalk up his 100th on the Melbourne hardcourts the 38-year-old Swiss found himself in uncharted territory on Friday.

The inspired Australian led 7-4, then 8-4, in the fifth-set breaker only for Federer to dig his heels in and reel off the last six points to claim a 4-6 7-6 6-4 4-6 7-6 victory. Federer was just relieved to still be in the hunt after being given a torrid time by gritty 47th-ranked Millman, a player he had lost to at the 2018 U.S. Open.

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