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Warning to the remaining five men in the Australian Open: Roger Federer has turned back the clock.
Utilizing his full arsenal, a cache of weapons that no player has likely ever possessed, Federer demoralized Juan Martin Del Potro in the Australian Open quarterfinals Tuesday night in a highly anticlimactic affair. The 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory kept Federer on the court for just under two hours. The victory also marked a milestone as it was the 1,000th match of Federer’s storied career.
Absent were the occasional glimpses of irritability that have appeared on his countenance of late. Gone were the wildly sprayed backhands which have hounded him at the latter stages of the big events the last two years. And, most importantly, he never allowed Del Potro to feel...
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