The Swiss world number two Roger Federer had made swift progress into the second week of Wimbledon where his opponent, Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut was waiting. When the two stepped onto Centre Court on Monday evening, there was only one favorite in the match. Federer did not disappoint as he didn't face a single break point in the whole match, sailing through in straight sets and keeping his record of not getting broken yet during his first four matches of the fortnight.
After the pair had held their first two service games fairly comfortably, the Swiss managed to break the Bautista Agut serve to go to take 3-2 lead when the Spaniard played an error-strewn game. The world number two didn't look back in the first set anymore, flying through his own service games and breaking his opponent 's serve one more time to take the opener convincingly, 6-2.
The second set was much of the same. Federer, who holds many records including the most weeks spent as the world number one, started the proceedings by breaking for the third time in the match already and holding his own serve without any problems. Bautista Agut, seeded 20th, then stopped Federer's run of six consecutive games and narrowed the score in the second set to 2-1 with his first hold of serve in the lengthiest game of the match so far. At 3-2 with Federer serving, the Spaniard took a tumble and received medical treatment to an ankle injury. After the play resumed, Federer held easily for 4-2, broke Bautista Agut's serve yet again and then held to take a 2-0 lead in sets which felt like a decisive lead for the Swiss world number two, especially with the Spaniard's slight injury woes.
In the third set, the 17-time major winner continued his easy service holds and broke his opponent's serve in the third game of the set. The pair went on to hold until the score was 5-3 in Federer's favor and Bautista Agut was serving to keep himself in the match. The Spaniard saved the first four match points Federer earned but in the end, it was all just too much as the Swiss took his chances on the fifth, cruising through 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.
Federer is now into his 13th quarterfinal at Wimbledon, truly a remarkable achievement for one of the all-time greats of the game. His opponent there will be Gilles Simon, the 12th-seeded Frenchman who upset Tomas Berdych in the fourth round. Simon is a familiar foe for Federer as the two have met on seven previous occasions, head to head being 5-2 in Federer's favor. If the Swiss can get past the Frenchman, a semifinal against home favorite Andy Murray potentially looms.