The biggest highlight of the games was the shot Federer produces between his legs, “It’s rare that those shots happen so when they do you have to pull them off”.
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“It was like a 10-15 minute break”.
He now faces Spanish clay-courter Roberto Bautista Agut and says: ‘I’m feeling good, sharp and relaxed. “Obviously when you do take a break, it does stiffen up”.
Andy Murray has to be pleased with his first three rounds, as well. “Literally my back cracked a lot”.
Saturday’s action went on long into the evening as France’s Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils were switched to a floodlit Centre Court amid fading light on No. 1 Court.
Come the final game of the match, the Czech’s forehand deserted her completely.
Groth sent down the 236km/h thunderbolt to ace the Swiss master in the third game of their four set match.
“I have played so poorly the last couple of years and playing on Centre Court against the defending champion was unbelievable”. Groth is getting at least 60 percent of his first serves in play and has won at least 74 percent of those points. He closed out the match by winning the fourth-set tiebreaker. It’s illegal to deliberately hit the ball twice.
“I was just happy to be playing and competing on grass. He said no. I said okay next point” said 2011 semifinalist Tsonga.
Another day, another disappointing British loss at Wimbledon.
Federer went on to break before taking a 2-0 lead.
Pospisil, who won the Wimbledon doubles title with American Jack Sock past year, will next play Viktor Troicki.
Croatia’s Marin Cilic beat American John Isner, but Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lost to Ivo Karlovic.
The 23rd seed is also the oldest to reach the last 16 of any Grand Slam since 39-year-old Jimmy Connors at the 1991 U.S. Open.
Seven-time champion Roger Federer defeated big-serving Australian Sam Groth to reach the last 16.
Federer was not troubled on his serve until the 12th game of the third set when Groth took him to deuce.
Federer is bidding for a record eighth Wimbledon title.
Well, that wrapped up quickly.
There were no service breaks in the third set, but a double fault by Federer gave Groth a 4-3 lead in the tiebreak.
The Danish ex- No. 1 is into the second week for the fifth time at the All England Club, but has lost all four of her previous fourth-round matches.
Brown, whose father is Jamaican and mother is German, reached the third round at the All England Club for the second time in his career, but he has never been any further.
Groth did have his moments, including a 147 miles per hour serve that is the second fastest in Wimbledon history. Five years ago, Taylor Dent hit a 148 miles per hour fireball in the direction of Novak Djokovic. The Swiss will be overwhelming favourites to move into the next round given his form but like Rafael Nadal, needs to be wary of a brilliant performance from his fellow opponent, which can run him close.
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“Towards the end of the second set it was tightening up next to my shoulder blade, and when he took the injury time-out it cooled down a bit, so the trainer came out and manipulated my back with a few cracks”. “His charisma, his grace and his movement around the court is just so special”.
