"I know what I'm getting into," said Federer, who owns a 5-1 record in meetings with Cilic. "Right now I enjoy everything about Wimbledon," said Federer, whose absence from Roland Garros ended a run of appearing in 65 consecutive Slams. I'm confident going into the Cilic match," added the man who was runner-up to Djokovic in the last two Wimbledon finals. As Federer begins his countdown to a possible 11th appearance in the final, his first task will be to topple Croatian beanpole Marin Cilic in Wednesday's quarter-final. LONDON: When self-styled "old guy" Roger Federer clocked that he was on a semi-final collision course with an all-conquering world number one, his vision of holding aloft the Wimbledon trophy for a record eighth time may have seemed like a pipe dream.

Source: Times of India July 06, 2016 03:33 UTC