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Roger Federer Warms-Up for Match with Stefan Edberg in Stockholm Today

I sure don't need much of an excuse to post a photo of Stefan Edberg.

For a good solid 10 years he was my favorite male player.

He won twice each at the US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon.

It's that incredible run to the 1992 US Open title I will remember most.

Stefan won the title twice at Stockholm: '86-'87.

On Monday he & frequent partner Andres Jarryd played a doubles exo.

Together they won 2 Slams - the Australian & US Open's, both in 1987.

Nice to see you again Stefan.

Photos: Bildbryan

Roger Federer Plays 900th Career Match in Stockholm

AND WINS!!!

Stockholm ATP 250 - Men's Second Round

1 Roger Federer d Taylor Dent - 61 62

Winning in match #900 he improves his career W/L to 727-173.

WOW: And of those 900 matches... not a single retirement.

Those numbers also represent 63 titles, including 16 Slam.

Open Era standings in matches:

Roger is 27 matches behind Boris Becker who is #12 with 927 played.

He is #9 in matches won & #6 in winning percentage (in 400+ matches). 

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Roger's 1st tour match was a loss at Gstaad to Lucas Arnold Ker in 1998.

His 1st match win came 2 months later in Toulouse over Guillaume Raoux.

Roger's 1st final was at Marseille in '00 & his 1st title at Milan in '01.

For 2010 his W/L is 49-12 with 2 titles: Australian Open & Cincinnati.

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Here are some H2H stats:

He has a losing record to 21 guys - only 11 if they've played at least twice.

In all H2H's he has a double-digit lead over 13 players.

Of those players he has played Lleyton Hewitt the most: 23 (17-6).

Roger has the most victories over Andy Roddick: 19 - with just 2 losses.

Rafael Nadal is the only player to have double-digit wins over Roger: 7-14.

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A major milestone was reached today in Stockhom. Well done Rog.

Photo: Reuters

Roger Federer has Well Attended Practice in Stockholm & Speaks to Press about being #1

Today Roger took to his Facebook page to post this photo and leave his fans a message: I Practiced in Stockholm this evening. The practice was opened to the fans and there were over 4’000 people watching. It made for an exciting and interesting practice! Lots of fun and I even hit with some young kids at the end.

This is the second time Roger has played in Stockholm. Ranked #29 he lost in the round of 16 in 2000 to Andreas Vincigurra. He will play Taylor Dent in the 2nd round on Thursday - H2H 1-0/RF.

Roger, from the AP: "It's not that important to be two, three or four. For me it's either No. 1 in the world or everything else. After being No. 1 for so long and having been there it's obviously the best feeling to be there. When you're not ranked No. 1 in the world, you obviously try to get back there."

Further: "Maybe in the past I had winning records against everybody. I remember at one stage, I beat 24 top 10 players in a row. Every time I was in a final, I won 24 finals in a row, so obviously you cannot keep up those kinds of streaks. But I was so successful that I suppose I'm being compared to back then, which is very hard to do."

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Mmm, not so fast Roger - any Rafantic will be quick to call you on that one... you have never had a winning record over Rafael Nadal.