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Roger Federer opened his bid for a 5th Australian Open and 18th Grand Slam title in style on Monday in Melbourne with a sparkling straight-sets victory over Yen-Hsun Lu.

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Federer, who holds the all-time record for Australian Open match wins with 74, was in control all evening, cracking 57 winners, including an amazing drop shot winner from a hair behind the baseline (below) and a wicked around-the-netpost backhand in the third set (below).

Needless to say, Federer is looking relaxed ahead of his second-round tussle with Italian Simone Bolelli. After the match, Federer opened up and told reporters about his views on risk taking:

“You see the play happening in your mind just before you hit it, and then you have the best chance of making it work,” he explained. “I think that commitment with the risk taking is the right one, and then knowing of what score you're going to take the risk. Is it at Love-30? 30-All? Love-30? 40-Love? Love-40? It's a totally different ballgame. What the best players usually do is they play the score very well. That's something that comes with experience, but I also will experience sometimes I feel you start to play safer or the percentages more. That can become a bit boring. I always try to keep a young mind because I feel my game needs that risk taking, that committed play. Clearly when I'm confident, I can do it much easier.”


Words to live by? Maybe, if you’ve been blessed with Federer’s talent…


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