Dropped set no concern to Federer

Roger Federer marched into his 29th consecutive grand slam quarter-final with a four-set victory over Russian 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny.
By The Newsroom
Published 28th Jun 2011, 09:02 BST

Federer dropped the opening set – his first of the tournament – on a tie-break but hit back to complete a 6-7 (7/5) 6-3 6-3 6-3 win in just over three hours.

The 29-year-old is chasing a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon title and will play 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter-finals after the Frenchman saw off Spain’s David Ferrer in straight sets

Federer had progressed serenely through to the last 16.

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At times last night he was at his imperious best, mixing backhand passes with inside-out forehand winners, deft volleys and even a through-the-legs shot from the baseline.

Youzhny had lost all his previous 10 meetings with Federer but refused to go down quietly and he made the Swiss third seed work for his victory.

Today’s order of play

Centre: 13:00: Sabine Lisicki (Ger) v (9) Marion Bartoli (Fra), (24) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) v (5) Maria Sharapova (Rus).

Court No 1: 13:00: (8) Petra Kvitova (Cze) v (32) Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul), Tamira Paszek (Aut) v (4) Victoria Azarenka (Blr).

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