Federer safely into round two

Originally published on: 26/02/10 11:57

Federer will have sat on top of the world rankings for a record 238 weeks by the time he is supplanted by Rafael Nadal on August 18.

“My goal is to try to get the number one ranking back,” he said after his 6-4 6-2 victory over Russia’s Dmitry Tursunov.

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