Roger Federer Scores 700th Career Win To Reach French Open Fourth Round

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By Alberto Amalfi
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(May 28, 2010) World No. 1 Roger Federer cracked the top 10 — of an exclusive club today.

The top-seeded Swiss became the 10th man in the Open Era to record at least 700 career match wins with an emphatic 6-4, 6-0, 6-4 win over German qualifier Julian Reister.

The victory vaulted Federer into the French Open fourth round for the sixth straight year. Federer will face either 20th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka, his doubles partner when the pair won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, or 92nd.-ranked Italian Fabio Fognini for a spot in the quarterfinals.

The 16-time Grand Slam champion trails Boris Becker by just 13 wins for ninth on the all-time win list. Jimmy Connors holds the Open Era record with 1,242 victories, though Federer has won twice as many majors as eight-time Grand Slam champion Connors.

Federer received little resistance from the 165th-ranked Reister. The reigning Roland Garros champion struck 34 winners and did not face a break point in the match. Reister finished with 10 winners.

Federer is bidding to reach a record-extending 24th straight major semifinal.

Top 10 Open Era Match Wins Leaders
 

1. Jimmy Connors  1,242   (8 majors)
2. Ivan Lendl  1,071     (8)
3. Guillermo Vilas  923   (4)
4. John McEnroe   875    (7)
5. Andre Agassi     870    (8)
6. Stefan Edberg   806     (6)
7. Pete Sampras   762     (14)
8. Ilie Nastase        755    (2)
9. Boris Becker     713     (6)
10. Roger Federer 700    (16)