Dubai: Tennis legend Roger Federer has achieved a new world record by clinching his 100th ATP title at the Dubai Tennis Championship -6,600 days after winning his first in Milan.
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The Swiss, who won a record 20 Grand Slam titles, defeated Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 to win the title.
In 2001, Federer won his ATP title at the Milan Indoors when he trounced Frenchman Julien Boutter.
"It is an absolute dream come true right now," said Federer, who is all set to become world number four on Monday replacing Serbian Tennis star Novak Djokovic.
"I'm delighted. It's great to win my eighth here in Dubai and in combination with my 100th singles title," he added.
"To win in Marseille and then come here was difficult for Stefanos," Federer said.
"I don't know if Stefanos was born when I won my first title (he was, in August 1998). It's a privilege [to play against possible future champions] because I'll be watching them on the TV. It was a treat to play Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. I'm sure Stefanos will have a wonderful career," the 37-year-old was quoted as saying.
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Federer won the first set 6-4 but he was given tough challenge by the Greek in the second set.
Tsitsipas, who will break into the world top 10 for the first time on Monday, held his nerve on the second set until 4-4, before Federer broke his serve once again to wrap up the final in 69 minutes.
