Roger Federer out aces his opponent to reach Wimbledon 3rd round :)

 That roof really is beautiful looking, money well spent :)

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In a match that finished under the Centre Court roof on Thursday evening, Roger Federer defeated Gilles Muller 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the third round at The Championships.

Play was suspended temporarily at 4-3 in the second set as a persistent drizzle forced organisers to close the roof. At the resumption, Federer wrapped up victory in one hour and 34 minutes. The Swiss fired 25 aces and committed just five unforced errors. In a near-faultless serving display, he won 91 per cent of points on his first serve and did not face a break point.

On each occasion that he has beaten Muller during a tournament, Federer has gone on to win the title. They were facing each other for the first time since the 2008 US Open quarter-finals, with Federer improving to a 4-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head record over Muller.

The 32-year-old Federer is bidding to win an unprecedented eighth title at the All England Club. The Swiss has a 69-8 tournament record, winning the title in 2003-’07, ’09 and ’12. His 17th and most recent Grand Slam championship came two years ago on the lawns of Wimbledon, with victory over Andy Murray.

Play on the outside courts was suspended for the day in the early evening due to rain. Last year’s semi-finalist Jerzy Janowicz was leading 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 4-4, while the match between Marcel Granollers and Santiago Giraldo was suspended three games into the fifth set. The match between Feliciano Lopez and Ante Pavic did not make.


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And now all the fans can breathe a small sigh of relief no surprise exit for Federer this year :).


In fact there haven't been any big upsets at all, pretty routine for almost all seeded players. A more standard Wimbledon if you will.


Which is a relief. I would love for Genie Bouchard to knock out Serena Williams though, boy would that make an awesome headline the next day. Go Canada! :).


But back to this match for a moment, 25 aces! can this Fedeerer show up to play at every match please?.


With serving like that he would definitely give himself a decent shot at the title.


I had flashbacks to Wimbledon final of '09 with Federer playing against Roddick and hitting something close to 50 aces :)


Both him and Murray have been more impressive then Djokovic and Nadal thus far. Keep it up Swiss man, keep it up!.