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ROGER Federer rolled into the quarterfinals of the US Open for the 10th time in 11 years on Tuesday, while experience finally got the better of youth at the year’s final grand slam.
Five-time champion Federer powered his way past Spain’s Roberto Bautista 6-4, 6-3, 6-2, the 33-year-old raising his record on Arthur Ashe Stadium court to a dazzling 25-1.
Facing Federer for the first time, the 26-year-old Spaniard quickly found himself 1-5 down in the opening set to the 17-time grand slam winner, who then eased off the gas and coasted to an unflustered straight sets win in just under two hours.
On another sweltering day at the US National Tennis Center, three emerging talents and potential future grand slam winners were finally ushered to the Flushing Meadows exit.
Chinese doubles specialist Peng Shuai routed 17-year-old Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-1, Tomas Berdych thrashed 20-year-old Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, and Frenchman Gael Monfils schooled 23-year Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 7-6 (6), 7-5.
Monfils put aside his showman antics for a more workmanlike approach to his fourth-round match in New York and it resulted in victory over the player dubbed “Baby Fed” for his all-round game that resembles Swiss maestro Federer’s.
Frenchman Monfils, seeded 20th, returns to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2010 for a date with Federer. “He’s got easy top 10 potential,” said Federer of Monfils, who has yet to drop a set. “He’s a great mover. He’s got a wonderful serve, really, which nobody really talks about because of his athletic movement which stands out so much.”
It was not all joy for the French contingent with Gilles Simon losing to big-serving Croat Marin Cilic.
Cilic and Simon have played a combined 49 five-setters in their careers so it was no surprise that Tuesday's clash the two went the distance.
Cilic had won a five-set marathon over Simon earlier this year at the Australian Open and it was the 14th seeded Croatian coming out on top again 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
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