Roger Federer [ Images ] chalked up yet another record when victory over Janko Tipsarevic [ Images ] at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday put him top of the list for match wins at the traditional season-ender.
The 17-times Grand Slam champion cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over the Serbian world number nine, taking his haul of victims in the event to 40, one more than Ivan Lendl [ Images ].
Federer, who has won the title a record six times including the last two editions at London's [ Images ] O2 Arena, seized the initiative when he broke Tipsarevic's first service game and never looked like loosening his grip in a one-sided contest.
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Tipsarevic, who pulled out of his match at the Paris Masters last week because of illness, qualified for the eight-man tournament as a result of Rafa Nadal's [ Images ] continuing injury woes.
He never looked like recording a first career victory over the Swiss, however, and despite offering dogged resistance there was an air of predictability about the contest.
Federer pounced again to break for a 2-1 lead in the second set and galloped away to victory in little more than an hour.
Group B action continues later on Tuesday when Spain's David Ferrer takes on Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro [ Images ].
In Group A, world number one Novak Djokovic [ Images ] and US Open [ Images ] champion Andy Murray [ Images ] won their opening matches on Monday.
The top two players from each group go through to Sunday's semi-finals.
Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images
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