{"id":95079,"date":"2021-07-04T14:43:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T14:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=95079"},"modified":"2021-07-04T15:02:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T15:02:02","slug":"federer-glides-into-last-16-at-wimbledon-barty-polishes-up-her-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=95079","title":{"rendered":"Federer glides into last 16 at Wimbledon, Barty polishes up her act"},"content":{"rendered":"
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London:\u00a0Roger Federer moved into the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the 69th time on Saturday, overcoming a raucous home crowd and the last British man in the draw Cameron Norrie in an entertaining 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win at Wimbledon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Federer kept his dream alive of a record-extending ninth singles title.<\/p>\n

On the women’s side, Australia’s world number one Ashleigh Barty looked a bit more fluent after two inconsistent performances in moving into the Last 16.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old’s 6-3, 7-5 win over Katerina Siniakova reassured her fans she can win the title on the 50th anniversary of fellow indigenous Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s first Wimbledon crown.<\/p>\n

Victory pitches her into a fourth round clash with French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova.<\/p>\n

Krejcikova has been under the radar but battled through to the Last 16 beating Anastasija Sevastova of Lativa 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-5.<\/p>\n

Federer said this Wimbledon held special significance for him.<\/p>\n

“I hope there is a little bit more left in me as\u00a0this one is special for it is the last slam before I hit the big 40,” said Federer, the third oldest man to reach the Last 16 in the Open era.<\/p>\n

Norrie follows two-time champion Andy Murray and British number one Dan Evans in exiting in the third round.<\/p>\n

Federer’s half of the draw looks more treacherous than defending champion Novak Djokovic’s with two of the younger generation Daniil Medvedev and Germany’s Alexander Zverev potentially lurking further down the line.<\/p>\n

‘It’s disgraceful’<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Second seed Medvedev showed his mettle as for the first time in his career he came from two sets down to beat 2017 Wimbledon finalist Marin Cilic.<\/p>\n

Zverev ended big-serving Taylor Fritz’s impressive campaign — 6-7 (3\/7), 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7\/4) — given he exited the French Open in a wheelchair due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n

The match of the day on the men’s side was a damp squib as fiery Aussie entertainer Nick Kyrgios retired with an abdominal injury tied at one set all with stylish Canadian 16th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.<\/p>\n

The maverick that is Kyrgios did not have the best of starts as he left his shoes in the locker room.<\/p>\n

“One minute I thought I was professional, got my racket, got my clothes, walked out here so confidently and then bang, I forget my shoes in the locker,” said Kyrgios on court before the match.<\/p>\n

Despite the disappointing end to his singles campaign — his mixed doubles campaign with Venus Williams must be in doubt — the 26-year-old said he had rediscovered his love of the sport.<\/p>\n

“Coming out here (Court One) and having this support has given me a second wind,” he said.<\/p>\n

Barty is quite the opposite to her compatriot, rarely showing her emotions on court however she is playing.<\/p>\n

Barty remained poker-faced even when she served for the match and once again her serve was found wanting as Siniakova broke her.<\/p>\n

However, she made no mistake the second time she served for it and did a gentle fist pump to celebrate it.<\/p>\n

“Another great challenge (Krejcikova) but looking forward to it,” said Barty.<\/p>\n

“She has been playing some great stuff and it will be a new challenge for me as I have never played her before.”<\/p>\n

Should Barty reach the quarter-finals for the first time she will face a tough rival in either Coco Gauff or 2018 champion Angelique Kerber.<\/p>\n

Gauff and Kerber will meet in the last 16 after the American teenager breezed past Slovenian Kaja Juvan while the German had a tough three-setter against Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus.<\/p>\n

Gauff is not the only teenager making her mark at Wimbledon this year.<\/p>\n

Britain’s Canada-born 18-year-old Emma Raducanu, who moved with her Romanian father and Chinese mother to England aged two, produced a brilliant display to beat the experienced Sorana Cirstea of Romania 6-3, 7-5.<\/p>\n

Raducanu — the world number 338 at the start of the Championships — only sat her school leaving exams in April.<\/p>\n

She next faces Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic who accused her opponent Jelena Ostapenko of “lying” when she took a medical time-out at 0-4 down in the final set of their third round clash on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s disgraceful behaviour from someone that is a Slam champion,” said the Australian who completed a three-set win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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