Roger Federer marches on

Roger Federer beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain yesterday in straight sets to move into the third round of Wimbledon with a dominant performance over the clay court specialist.

The Swiss legend remains on course to break Pete Sampras's record of 14 grand slams after his 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 victory, and will face Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, a World Top 30 player for whom grass is not his favoured surface.

Meanwhile British hopeful Andy Murray faces Ernests Gulbis of Latvia today on Centre Court, who accused the young Scot yesterday of feigning injury in a game between them last year at Queen's. Murray denies the charge.WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
Richard Jago, the Guardian: "Federer looked like the Federer before Nadal, illness and injury began to erode his supremacy. A long time gone were the tears of Melbourne and the frustrated racket-smashing of Miami, when his greatest ambitions seemed to be receding and we feared that his emotions might be permanently damaged. Now, despite a wicked little wind, Federer timed the ball beautifully and won points in all sorts of different ways – the serve bursting with hidden weight, the backhand treacherously changing spins and directions, and the famous inside-out forehand working like a silken dream once more."

Simon Barnes, the Times: "There was a moment in the third set when I realised that Guillermo García-Lopez wasn't an idiot. He just looked like one. But it really wasn't his fault. I understood this when he had a run of two or three points in a row, and it suddenly seemed perfectly reasonable that he was ranked No 42 in the world. Trouble is, he was playing Roger Federer. It is hard to look like anything other than an idiot when you are playing Federer at his serene and seraphic best, when he picks you apart for the quiet amusement of it all, then slaps you down with the power that he simply hadn't been bothering to use before."Kevin Garside, Daily Telegraph: "The genius of Federer is the sustained quality of his play, the improbable consistency. He was faced with the same free-swinging threat that pricked Andy Murray’s bubble the night before. Garcia-Lopez hits a fierce ball off both sides and wields the racket with the same single-handed grip as his tormentor. He hit some sumptuous winners of his own, pinning the ball episodically to the lines." ·