The Scot won a cagey first set with a fine drop-shot before a very close second which Blake won on a tie-break.

CNN: Federer sent crashing by Frenchman Benneteau

Anyone care to wager, or should I say want to wager that we have a very good shot at matching that 36 month string by the time we close the books on 2011?

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