DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Add 100 career titles to Roger Federer’s staggering list of tennis achievements. Federer, the 20-time Grand Slam champion, became the second male player to win 100 tour-level tournaments in the professional era when he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas, 6-4, 6-4, in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday. Jimmy Connors was the other player to reach the milestone, and he ended his career with 109 titles. “Welcome to the ‘Triple Digit’ tournament victory club,” Connors said in a Twitter post to Federer. !”By beating a player nearly half his age, Federer, 37, continued his record of winning at least one title every season since his first in 2001 in Milan.

Source: New York Times March 02, 2019 18:00 UTC