“I had really good focus on my serve today. It was avoidable not to be broken in the first set, but then I hung on down break point at 5-5 in the first set. That was definitely a key moment. The serve is clearly important. Good servers do usually quite well here on the grass,” said Federer.
“It's important to get through the first week with a good feeling and I think I got that. The first goal is to get through to the second week and I am happy to sit back and relax and then come back on Monday.
“I had more problems with my cold than my opponents,” he said after a third successive match without dropping a set.
Federer improves his ATP Head to Head against Zverev to 5-0. Three of those wins have come on grass, including a straight-sets win two weeks ago at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle and a double-bagel victory at that same event in 2013.
He'll next play 13th seed Grigor Dimitrov, who moved through after Dudi Sela was forced to retire because of a right adductor strain in their third-round clash. The Bulgarian was leading 6-1, 6-1 before play came to a close.
Federer leads his Head to Head against Dimitrov 5-0, but all of their meetings have come on hard courts. The Swiss maestro won their lone match at a Grand Slam in the third-round of last year's Australian Open.
“Grigor is stronger every time I play against him, he's at the perfect age right now, understands his game and is physically strong. I'm ready for a tough one but another exciting match because he's a great shot player.”
The 26-year-old Dimitrov is yet to drop a set as he prepares to contest the fourth round at SW19 for the second time. The right-hander went on to reach the semi-finals in 2014 (l. to Djokovic). He reached his second Grand Slam semi-final at the start of 2017 in Melbourne, losing out to Rafael Nadal in five sets.
Date: 8 July 2017, Source: ATP and Reuters
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