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Australian Open: Roger Federer beats home hope Bernard Tomic in third round

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Roger Federer ended the hopes of home favourite Bernard Tomic at the Australian Open after claiming a 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 at Rod Laver Arena.

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Tomic added: ""A lot of players, when you play these sort of players like Roger or Novak, you lose belief before you get into the match. "Eighty or 90 per cent of players that play the top guys, like with Roger, you lose your belief. I got in there, I started to think after they mentioned all these Grand Slams leading up - Wimbledon champion six times, six times US Open champion. "I tried to block out who's on the other side of the net but couldn't quite do it after that announcement."