Federer reaches 50th Grand Slam quarter-final

LONDON: Roger Federer reached his 50th Grand Slam quarter-final and 15th at Wimbledon on Monday with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win over Grigor Dimitrov.
Seven-time Wimbledon champion Federer will now face Milos Raonic, the 2016 runner-up, after the sixth-seeded Canadian clinched a 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Alexander Zverev of Germany, the 10th seed.Raonic defeated Federer in the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 2016. Federer, 35, is also the second oldest man to make the quarter-finals at Wimbledon behind Ken Rosewall who was 39 when he reached the last-eight in 1971. “I’m thrilled to be back in the quarters again,” said Federer who took his record over Dimitrov to 6-0. “It’s very special to be in a 15th quarter-final here.”