Federer cruises into Wimbledon fourth round, sets grass-court record
Saturday - July 7, 2018 3:06 am ,
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Federer cruises into Wimbledon fourth round, sets grass-court record
Wimbledon July 7 (IANS) Defending champion Roger Federer breezed into the fourth round of Wimbledon tennis championships with a 6-3 7-5 6-2 victory on Friday over Jan-Lennard Struff winning a record-setting 175th career match on grass in the process.
The 36-year-old Swiss defending champion who eclipsed a mark long held by American great Jimmy Connors has now won 29 consecutive sets at Wimbledon dating back to the start of last year s tournament reports Efe.
Federer jerked the 64th-ranked German around the court throughout the one-hour 34-minute match taking advantage of his edge over his 1.96-meter (6-foot-5) opponent in the mobility department.
Struff had 31 net approaches compared to Federer s 14; but the Swiss winning percentage on those points was far superior - 93 per cent to 52 per cent.
Struff was competitive for most of the second set but Federer took a stranglehold on the match by breaking serve in the 11th game of that set and serving it out a game later.
Federer who is trying to increase his record haul of Wimbledon men s singles titles to nine will next take on 22nd-seeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.
Mannarino edged Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-3 4-6 5-7 6-3 Friday in three hours and 12 minutes.
--IANS pur/pgh/
The 36-year-old Swiss defending champion who eclipsed a mark long held by American great Jimmy Connors has now won 29 consecutive sets at Wimbledon dating back to the start of last year s tournament reports Efe.
Federer jerked the 64th-ranked German around the court throughout the one-hour 34-minute match taking advantage of his edge over his 1.96-meter (6-foot-5) opponent in the mobility department.
Struff had 31 net approaches compared to Federer s 14; but the Swiss winning percentage on those points was far superior - 93 per cent to 52 per cent.
Struff was competitive for most of the second set but Federer took a stranglehold on the match by breaking serve in the 11th game of that set and serving it out a game later.
Federer who is trying to increase his record haul of Wimbledon men s singles titles to nine will next take on 22nd-seeded Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.
Mannarino edged Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-3 4-6 5-7 6-3 Friday in three hours and 12 minutes.
--IANS pur/pgh/
