Updates: Federer Leads Wawrinka In Roland Garros QF

If you were expecting a tight Roland Garros quarter-final between 2009 titlist Roger Federer and 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka, that’s what you’ve got. Federer battled through a tension-filled third set to take a 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(5) lead against his Swiss countryman.

The third seed has struggled converting break points, winning just one of 11 in the match. But Federer has held his nerve in the tie-breaks, dropping only two combined service points in both of them to move to within one set of his first Roland Garros semi-final since 2012.

Federer leads the pair’s FedEx ATP Head2Head series 22-3, but he only holds a 4-3 advantage on clay. The last time the 37-year-old played this event was in 2015, when Wawrinka defeated him in the quarter-finals en route to lifting the trophy.