Federer to break more records

DUBAI – No sooner does Roger Federer break one record than he seems to set his sights on another.

A few days after making it 161 consecutive weeks as world number one, breaking the record held by Jimmy Connors, the Swiss maestro defeated Russian Mikhail Youzhny in Saturday’s Dubai Open final to equal Bjorn Borg’s total of 41 wins in a row. Several more records are ready to fall when Federer moves on to the Masters Series event at Indian Wells which starts today.If he wins his opening match in California, he will equal John McEnroe’s record of 42 successive victories.Two matches later he could equal the Ivan Lendl run of 44, moving in sight of the all-time winning streak of 46 set by Argentina’s Guillermo Vilas in 1977.Nampa-AFPSeveral more records are ready to fall when Federer moves on to the Masters Series event at Indian Wells which starts today.If he wins his opening match in California, he will equal John McEnroe’s record of 42 successive victories.Two matches later he could equal the Ivan Lendl run of 44, moving in sight of the all-time winning streak of 46 set by Argentina’s Guillermo Vilas in 1977.Nampa-AFP