Federer cruised home after 10 menyingkirakan Pearncis seed , Jo - Wilfried Tsonga in straight - sets 6-3 , 7-5 , 6-4 in the fourth round on Monday ( 01/20/2014 ) .
Federer won in a match that lasted 1 hour 52 minutes at the Rod Laver Arena .
With this result , Federer opportunity revans his defeat of Murray in the semi-finals of the Australian Open last year . At that time Murray won in five sets .
Federer also noted that to the quarterfinals at the Australian Open 11 . He equaled the record of 41 grand slam quarterfinal tournament held by the legendary American tennis player Jimmy Connors .
Facing Tsonga , Federer upper hand. He was aggressive , but also able to overcome Tsonga in permaqinan net . Tsonga broke Federer three times and won four of six meetings both at grand slam tournaments .
" I thought I played well tonight and when faced Jo - Willy , you do have to look perfect and I think I was able to master the game tonight , " said Federer .
" Dealing with Jo - Willy , you have to be aggressive , because if not , he would do it and would be very difficult to deal with that style .
