Roger Federer dropped a set for the first time this fortnight but he still cruised into the Wimbledon fourth round by defeating Sam Groth 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2 on Saturday afternoon. Federer fired 17 aces and did not face a single break point while advancing in two hours and 16 minutes.

One of the biggest servers on tour, Groth blasted one at 147 miles per hour, the second fastest recording serve in history at the All-England Club (trailing only retired American Taylor Dent).The unseeded Aussie played especially big in what was an entertaining third set, during which the two competitors combined for 39 winners and a mere seven unforced errors. A tiebreaker had to decide it, at which point a single mini-break was enough for Groth. It came courtesy of a Federer double-fault and Groth held his serve the whole way, converting set point at 6-5 when the 33-year-old Swiss…