Roger Federer defeats Philipp Kohlschreiber in four sets on Friday at Wimbledon. Next up is a rematch of the French Open final against Robin Soderling.
Roger Federer lost a set to Philipp Kohlschreiber for the first time, but extended his head-to-head record over the German to 4-0 with a four-set victory on Friday afternoon at Wimbledon. Federer prevailed 6-3, 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-1 to set up a fourth-round showdown with Robin Soderling.
Federer rolled over Kohlschreiber in two previous grass-court encounters (in Halle in 2005 and 2008), and was doing the same throughout the early stages of this one. The world No. 2 secured two immediate breaks in the first set and held one without two much trouble despite giving one of the break backs.
Set two was even more straightforward. Federer added two more breaks and never faced a break point, winning 13 of 14 first-serve points. He committed a mere three unforced errors during the second frame of play, taking a two-set advantage with extreme ease.
Down to sets and with nothing to lose, Kohlshcreiber went for his shots and caught fire in the third. He fired 21 winners and just two errors, eventually winning it 7-5 in a tiebreaker after the two competitors exchanged one break of serve each.
But it was nothing more than a wakeup call for Federer. The Swiss took care of all four of his service games in the fourth set and used two breaks to close it out in routine fashion. A final service hold at 5-1 finished off the proceedings after two hours and 31 minutes.
"I thought it was a good match," Federer said. "I thought it was my best match of the tournament so far. I thought the rhythm was very high. We played a lot of tough points. I really thought, you know, from my side it was an excellent match."
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