Roger Federer defeats Tommy Haas in straight sets on Friday afternoon at the All-England Club. Federer is through to his seventh straight Wimbledon final.
Roger Federer is one win away from the all-time Grand Slam men's singles record.
Federer, who is tied with Pete Sampras at 14 slam titles, dispatched Tommy Haas 7-6(3), 7-5, 6-3 on Friday afternoon in the Wimbledon semifinals. The world No. 2 needed just two hours and two minutes to book a spot in his seventh consecutive Wimbledon title match.
Having taken Federer to five sets at last month's French Open, Haas showed early signs of making this one equally competitive. Haas struggled to win any points at all against Federer's serve, but neither man earned a single break point throughout the first set. As he often is, however, Federer was too tough in the tiebreaker and took it seven points to three.
One break of serve was enough for Federer in each of the next two sets. The Swiss struck with his opponent serving at 5-6 in the second, and it was routine the rest of the way after he had two-set advantage in hand.
Federer broke midway through the third and closed out the proceedings with one final service hold at 5-3. The five-time Wimbledon champion served at 75 percent on the afternoon while firing 11 aces and only one double-fault. He won almost 90 percent of his first-serve points and even won an incredible 81 percent when forced to toss in a second delivery.
Either Andy Murray or Andy Roddick will face Federer in Sunday's Wimbledon final. Federer has lost four in-a-row to Murray and is 2-6 against the Scot overall. At the other end of the spectrum, Federer is a well-documented 18-2 against Roddick--including 3-0 at the All-England Club (2-0 in Wimbledon finals).
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