Roger Federer, Andy Murray party tricks see them advance to delight of Wimbledon fans
Swiss fires lob through his legs in winning his game against American Sam Querry, while Briton dishes out dreamy drop shots to also reach third round
Roger Federer's effortless stroll through the early stages at Wimbledon continued as he brought out the party tricks in a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Sam Querrey to reach the third round yesterday.
Once the Swiss seven-time champion tamed the American's hefty serve, he cruised through the match, even managing to lob his opponent with a shot through his legs in the second set.
Querrey began with a tenacious effort to peg Federer back, but the Swiss, chasing an 18th grand slam title, broke in the ninth game of the first set and never looked back.
I felt I was dictating more of the baseline rallies and played a good match
He broke twice more in each of the second and third sets and finished it off in an hour and 21 minutes to set up a clash with Australia's Sam Groth.
When a totally off-balance Andy Murray fashioned the most improbable lob winner to break Robin Haase in the first set, the Dutchman must have known that his 2015 Wimbledon journey was going to end sooner rather than later.
The delectable lob that bounced off the Scot's racket gave him a 4-1 advantage and effectively broke Haase's spirit as the 2013 champion sprinkled his opponent's half of the court with 25 glorious winners to sprint to a 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 second-round win.
On a hot and humid Court One, yesterday's display would have pleased his coach Amelie Mauresmo as it was a vast improvement on his underwhelming first-round win over Kazakh Mikhail Kukushkin in which he was broken three times in the second set.