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It's been less than a week since Andy Murray bulldozed over Roger Federer's hopes for an Olympic gold medal in men's singles, and we're still thinking about what this medal win will do for the Scot going forward. Here are some stats to consider:

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Roger Federer's career record against current No. 2 Novak Djokovic, No. 3 Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray.

1: Total sets won by Andy Murray in three career best-of-five matches against Roger Federer before Sunday.

2,996: Number of days since the last time an opponent besides Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic swept Roger Federer in a best-of-five format. It came in the third round of the French Open, a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 loss to Gustavo Kuerten on May 24, 2004.

3: The combined number of titles won by the previous six Olympic singles champions for the remainder of the season following their gold medals. Marc Rosset (1992), Andre Agassi (1996) and Yevgeny Kafelnikov (2000) each won one title after winning gold, while Miloslav Mecir (1988), Nicolas Massu (2004) and Rafael Nadal (2008) did not win a title the rest of their gold medal seasons.

68.9%: Post-Olympic combined winning percentage (82-37) of the previous six men's singles gold medal winners.

785: Points by which Murray trails Nadal for the No. 3 spot in the world. Trying to fight through injuries that kept him out of the Olympics, Nadal has 1,390 points to defend between now and the end of the US Open; Murray has 1,730 points to defend.

124: Consecutive weeks that Nadal has been ranked ahead of Murray. On March 22, 2010, Murray was third and Nadal fourth.

290: Weeks that Roger Federer has been ranked No. 1 in the world. If Novak Djokovic were to regain the No. 1 spot this week, he would have to hold it until March 1, 2017 to surpass Federer's mark of weeks at No. 1.

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