Only a week of the tennis season has gone and already an alarming number of players have been calling in sick to tournaments or withdrawing, in the case of John Isner, because he is 'tired'. Rising gloriously above all this is Roger Federer, a player for the ages, who registered his 1,000th ATP Tour victory by winning the final of the Brisbane Open against Milos Raonic. With his 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 victory the 33-year-old Swiss became only the third player in the modern era to get into four figures of professional wins, behind Ivan Lendl and all-time leader Jimmy Connors.
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Roger Federer defeated Milos Raonic to earn 1,000th career win
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Federer reached landmark after seeing off Milos Raonic 6-4 6-7 (2/7) 6-4
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Only Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl had previously achieved the feat
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Sunday's victory was Federer's 83rd career title
Realistically you would expect him to overtake Lendl's tally of 1,071 but even Federer will struggle to overhaul @placeholder's final figure of 1,253.