Federer stays on course to retain title

ROGER FEDERER tightened his grip on the most famous trophy in tennis when he powered inevitably into the Wimbledon semi-finals with an impressive 7-5 6-2 7-6 victory over Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez.

The reigning champion and world number one simply had too much class and variety of shot for a man who was playing his first Wimbledon quarter-final.

The world number one had won all four of their previous meetings and he swiftly applied the pressure, breaking the Gonzalez serve in the fourth game of the match.