Fearsome Federer tames Hewitt

REIGNING Wimbledon champion Roger Federer dodged the showers and weathered a storming fightback from Lleyton Hewitt amid the gathering gloom on Centre Court last night to book a place in tomorrow’ semi-finals against 10th seed Sebastien Grosjean, of France.

The world number one dropped his serve for the first time in the tournament but his class told in the end as he secured a 6-1 6-7 6-0 6-4 victory in a quarter-final packed with stunning ground strokes.

The 22-year-old Swiss ace got off to a flying start, producing a master class in the first set to take it 6-1 in just 22 minutes.