Everybody wants to be a record-breaker

Roger Federer seems to break records almost by the day, so it is not surprising he sometimes struggles to keep track of them.

That was certainly the case with the obscure landmark one journalist discovered he had set in Friday's five-set win over Julien Benneteau.

Federer, according to the intrepid reporter, has now won 5,459 games in Grand Slam tennis, 21 more than Andre Agassi.

That seemed to tickle the Swiss star, who said with tongue firmly in cheek: "You battle out there. Because I knew it. I knew that that record was on the line.

"That's maybe why I couldn't get it going early, because it's such a big record for me. I thought playing longer might make me really break it."

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