Roger Federer has become the first man in tennis history to record 60 or more match wins at all four Grand Slam championships.
Fourth seed Federer extended his winning streak to 20 matches against qualifiers at Grand Slam championships on Wednesday when the 2009 Roland Garros champion beat Diego Sebastian Schwartzman.
Federer notched his 60th match win at Roland Garros with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win against the World No. 109, who was making his first appearance at a major, on Court Suzanne Lenglen.
“I think it was kind of tough all the way through for me," said Federer. "I didn't feel relaxed for the entire match… He managed to put pressure on me and keep the pressure on me.”
The 32-year-old Federer is 73-11 at the Australian Open, 60-14 at Roland Garros, 67-8 at Wimbledon and 67-9 at the US Open.
Elsewhere, eighth seed Milos Raonic advanced to the Roland Garros third round in a 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-1 victory over Jiri Vesely, who received the 2013 ATP Star of Tomorrow Award presented by Emirates. He will next face No. 29 seed Gilles Simon.
Two weeks ago, Raonic equalled his best clay-court result in a semi-final run at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia (l. to Djokovic). Vesely, 20, advanced to his first ATP World Tour semi-final last week at the Dusseldorf Open (l. to Karlovic).
Last year’s semi-finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the No. 13 seed, entertained French support by beating Jurgen Melzer 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.
Jerzy Janowicz, the No. 22 seed, will next face Tsonga after a 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-4 win over Jarkko Nieminen.
“Jerzy is a difficult player,” said Tsonga. “You never know exactly what to expect on court. He's rather unpredictable. He's very tall, he strikes hard. So you have to find a way to neutralise him and it's not always that easy.”
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