Watch five of the best shots as Roger Federer beats Mischa Zverev 7-6 6-4 6-4 in the third round at Wimbledon.
Two-time semi-finalist Tomas Berdych put on a commanding performance on Saturday to glide into the second week of The Championships at Wimbledon. The 2010 finalist erased the only break point he faced and won 84 per cent of his first-serve points to beat Spaniard David Ferrer 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in one hour and 45 minutes.
Berdych, the 11th seed, converted four of his eight break points against Ferrer, who had beaten 22nd seed Richard Gasquet in the first round and advanced by retirement against Steve Darcis in the second round.
The 11th seed advances to the second week of Wimbledon for the ninth time. Berdych will meet either eighth seed Dominic Thiem or #NextGenATP American Jared Donaldson in the fourth round.
Ferrer struggled to gain any traction on Berdych’s serve, and during the Spaniard’s one opening, Berdych quickly denied the opportunity. Berdych, serving at 30/40, 1-2 in the third set, hit three consecutive service winners to erase the break point and hold.
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Britain’s Marcus Willis and Jay Clarke stunned defending men’s doubles champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon.
Willis, 26, and 18-year-old Clarke registered an entertaining 3-6 6-1 7-6 (7-3) 5-7 6-3 win over the French duo.
The British pair sent down 18 aces and hit 26 winners as they outmuscled their opponents.
In the mixed doubles, top seeds Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis beat Britons Neal Skupski and Anna Smith 6-3 6-0.
In a remarkable match on court three, wildcards Willis and Clarke fought back from a first-set deficit to put themselves in prime position.
They squandered three successive match points as the French pair forced a deciding set but an early break in the fifth set allowed the Britons to take control.
Supported by a lively crowd, the duo held their nerve to serve out the match and shock Herbert and Mahut. Willis stunned Wimbledon last year when, as a qualifier ranked 772 in the world, he reached the second round of the men’s singles.
Defending mixed doubles champions Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen beat Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-1 6-3 in just 49 minutes.
It was the second doubles match of the day for Britain’s Watson, who lost her women’s doubles match with Naomi Broady to Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens and India’s Sania Mirza 6-3 3-6 6-4.
Broady and her brother Liam suffered a straight set defeat to Czech pair Roman Jebavy and Lucie Hradecka, losing 6-4 7-5.
Jocelyn Rae and Ken Skupski ensured there was more British success in the mixed doubles as they beat Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Czech partner Andrea Hlavackova 6-4 7-5.
Wildcards Jay Clarke and Marcus Willis secure their places in the next round by defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut 3-6 6-1 7-6 5-7 6-3.
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