Roger Federer sets semi record straight

It took just over an hour for Roger Federer to fix one anomalous statistic in his extraordinary career.

Defending champion Federer, who was leading Hyeon Chung 6-1, 5-2 when the Korean retired in the second set of their Australian Open semi-final yesterday, is within one win of a 20th Grand Slam singles title.

Going into the match against Chung, Federer had a below-par semi-finals record at Melbourne Park, only six wins out of 13.